UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA
Centre for Studies and Research in Private Law
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Centre for Studies and Research in Private Law is dedicated to promoting scientific research in the field of private law and to sustain actions, methods and means by which to stimulate knowledge, communication and creativity in the above mentioned research field.
RESEARCH DOMAINS
The Centre conducts advanced research in private law, with particular focus on (a) civil legal acts, (b) family law, (c) property law and principal real rights, (d) the general theory of obligations, (e) special contracts and successions, (f) civil procedure, (g) professional contracts, (g) labour law, (h) international commercial law and (i) transport law. By undertaking high-level research in the previously mentioned areas of private law, C.S.R.P.L. members aim to bring this particular legal discipline forth and consequently align it to current academic and research trends and interdisciplinary approaches. The primary purpose of the Centre is to encourage its members as well as academic staff, researchers and students to proactively engage in the development of progressive research perspectives, methodologies and techniques that will facilitate the emergence of novel research directions in private law as well as a revitalisation of hitherto attained fundamental knowledge.
SCIENTIFIC TEAM
Coordinator of the research centre:
Professor Sevastian Cercel, PhD
Bios. Professor Sevastian Cercel, currently Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Craiova, is member of the academic and research community, as well as lead and joint author of well-known books, articles, studies and commentaries in prestigious national and international reviews. Apart from being an enthusiastic professor and doctoral thesis advisor, Sevastian Cercel is also a member of several professional associations, as well as grant holder and participant in various research & development projects (e.g. “Legal Means Regarding the Protection of Movable Cultural Goods”, Romanian Academy, 2005-2006; “Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality”, Elon University, USA Universite Interdisciplinaire de Paris, 2006-2007; “Science and Orthodoxy. Research and Education”, John Templeton Foundation, SUA, 2006-2009; “Romanian Legislation in the Field of Expropriation”, Masarykova Universizita, 2008).
Team members:
Permanent members:
Professor Cercel Sevastian, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Craiova
Specialisation: Civil Law
Professor Drăghici Pompil, PhD
Specialisation: Civil Law
Specialisation: Commercial Law
Professor Olteanu Gabriel, PhD
Specialisation: Intellectual Property Law; Civil Law
Professor Predescu Bianca Maria Carmen, PhD
Specialisation: Private International Law
Professor Sâmbrian Teodor, PhD
Specialisation: Roman Law; Civil Law (Real Rights)
Specialisation: International Commercial Law
Professor Răduleţu Sebastian, PhD
Specialisation: Criminal Law; Human Rights and Freedoms; Procedural Rights ECtHR
Professor Răducanu Ruxandra, PhD
Specialisation: Special Criminal Law
Associate Professor Bogdan Adrian, PhD
Specialisation: Public International Law
Associate Professor Danciu Elena Tereza, PhD
Specialisation: Legal History of Romania
Associate Professor Dănişor Diana Domnica, PhD
Specialisation: French Language; Legal Terminology & Translations
Associate Professor Gărăiman Gabi Daniela, PhD
Specialisation: Legal Informatics
Specialisation: Civil Law; Civil Procedure
Associate Professor Ghiţă Oana, PhD
Specialisation: Family Law
Associate Professor Radu Roxana Cristina, PhD
Specialisation: Labour Law
Associate Professor Spânu Dan Ştefan, PhD
Specialisation: Civil Law
Associate Professor Ploscă Roberta, PhD
Specialisation: General Theory of Law
Associate professor Badea Simina, PhD
Specialisation: English Languag
Specialisation: Land Registration; Legal Sociology; Law & Economic Legislation
Associate Professor Ilie Adrian Barbu, PhD
Specialisation: Environmental Law
Lecturer Istrătoaie Manuela Lavinia, PhD
Specialisation: Civil Law
Associate Professor Nica Elena Mădălina, PhD
Specialisation: Constitutional Law & Political Institutions; Human Rights & Freedoms; Election Law
Lecturer Stuparu Lavinia Elena, PhD
Specialisation: Banking Law
Lecturer Soreaţă Maria Marieta, PhD
Specialisation: European Union Law
Lecturer Stanciu Cristina, PhD
Specialisation: Transport Law
Lecturer Voiculescu Ion Cătălin, PhD
Specialisation: Criminal Law
Lecturer Ticu Mădălin Savu, PhD
Specialisation: Civil Law; Philosophy of Law
Assistant Lecturer Bobaşu Camelia Mihaela, PhD
Specialisation: Civil Law
Assistant Lecturer Dumitrică (Gherghe) Anca Costina, PhD
Specialisation: Civil Law
Assistant Lecturer Scarlat Daniela Isabela, PhD
Specialisation: Banking Law
Associate members:
Professor Belu Constantin, PhD
Lecturer Toma Tumbăr Lavinia, PhD
Lecturer Drăghici Andreea, PhD
Lecturer Aleca Carmina Elena, PhD
Lecturer Şerban Ionuţ Virgil, PhD
Lecturer Spîrchez Georgeta Bianca, PhD, The Christian University “Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucharest
Assistant Lecturer Pîrvu Adriana-Ioana, PhD, University of Pitești
Assistant Lecturer Puran Andra Nicoleta, PhD, University of Pitești
Assistant Lecturer Duminică Florina Ramona, PhD, University of Pitești
Găloi Silvia Elena, PhD(c)
Scafeş Răzvan, PhD(c)
ACTIVITIES
The Centre supports the exploitation of results obtained in legal research
Short description: The Centre aims to increase the visibility of research results in the area of private law through the publication of specialist studies and scientific papers and by means of initiating and organising regular public debates focused on topics of common interest.
Contact person: Adela Calotă, Research Assistant, email: adela.calota@yahoo.com
The Centre promotes rights of personality
Short description: The Centre is focused on the promotion of natural and legal persons’ civil, property and non-property rights, as well as on the furtherance of rights relating to the personality, as primordial rights of human beings, directly and inseparably linked to persons, such as: the right to life, the right to health and to physical and mental integrity, the right to self-determination, the right to dignity, the right to one’s own image, the right to respect for private life, as well as further rights recognised by law.
Contact person: Oana-Nicoleta Retea, PhD(c), email: retea.oana.nicoleta@gmail.com
The Centre offers a support infrastructure that aims at narrowing down the gap between academic & career development
Short description: The Centre prioritises (a) the promotion of support instruments and mechanisms that will enable students and university graduates, particularly law degree holders affiliated with the Faculty of Law, University of Craiova or with other partner higher education institutions, to immerse successfully in the academic labour market; (b) the development of a support infrastructure that will boost employment outlooks in legal professional fields; (c) the valorisation of students’ talent and acquisitions achieved as a result of long-lasting, high-standard educational training. Moreover, the Centre organises, coordinates and sustains programmes that are meant to ensure an active involvement of students and university graduates in academic and career-forwarding projects. The aim of these programmes is to gradually introduce students, as well as graduates to labour market demands and prospects and engage them in practically oriented activities that will provide them with a sense of direction in terms of career opportunities and requirements, as well as with access to useful, skill-developing information and practice.
Contact person: Adela Calotă, Research Assistant, email: adela.calota@yahoo.com
The Centre encourages excellence in research & life-long learning
Short description: The goal of the Centre is to initiate and sustain partnerships with natural and legal persons designed to promote individual excellence within the University community. Moreover, the Centre awards a number of research grants for national and international documentation and research mobilities to its members and academic staff and a number of scholarships for the students of the Faculty of Law. The Centre is likewise committed to promoting life-long learning in formal, non-formal and informal contexts with the scope of with the scope of developing competences from a multifaceted personal, civil, social and occupational perspective.
Contact person: Oana-Nicoleta Retea, PhD(c), email: retea.oana.nicoleta@gmail.com
GENERAL CONTACT
Faculty of Law (Facultatea de Drept)
Telephone:+40 351 177100(Chief Secretary)
Fax:+40 351 177100
E-mail: secretariat.fdss@ucv.ro
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