The 2014/23/EU Directive on concessions introduces a new definition for concession contracts and a new set of rules concerning contract design and contract modification. The paper seeks to determine the effects of the Directive on concessions concerning oil and gas or energy production, mainly...

The book shows that self-help in commercial law is a fast, inexpensive and efficient alternative to court enforcement. A practice indulged by common law systems, it has been regarded with suspicion and has been limited to a minimum by civilian ones. The book argues that self-help remedies and...

The writing of this monograph coincided with the introduction of the new Civil Code and the new Code of Civil Procedure, which meant the modernization and unification of private law in Romania, but also serious and numerous changes in the field of commercial law. The monograph familiarizes the...

The paper deals with voidable transfers under the US, Czech and Romanian Law. By using the American Law as a benchmark the paper focuses on the powers of the bankruptcy trustee under federal and state law, the functional importance of such powers and the policies supporting them. It then...

Romanian Abstract: Contractul de transfer al drepturilor derivate din acordurile de concesiune petroliera (cunoscut drept contractul de Farm-Out), este unul dintre cele mai uzitate contracte in industria petroliera, inclusiv in Romania. Cu toate acestea pana in prezent mediul academic nu i-a...

The article addresses Contracts for Difference (CfD) as state aid and price stabilization mechanisms needed to mitigate the risks stemming from the incompatibility of liberalized electricity markets and nuclear energy investments. It starts by defining CfD mechanism as state aid required to...

The 2014/23/EU Directive on concessions introduces a new definition for concession contracts and a new set of rules concerning contract design and contract modification. The paper seeks to determine the effects of the Directive on concessions concerning oil and gas or energy production, mainly...

The paper evaluates the adequacy of the existing EU legal framework – the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive - and the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU's in tackling abusive non-judicial debt collection practices. For this purpose, it uses a matrix of analysis consisting of...

Blockchain technology claims to disrupt the existing financial system, the way of doing business, and to empower ordinary citizens against elitist economy through decentralization of decision-making process. In the political arena, the disruptive ideology branded as ‘populism' challenges the...