Academic Staff
Professor Dr. Ionuţ Florin POPA
Academic Involvement
- International sales;
- Civil law. Obligations;
- International Benchmarks in Contractual Obligations (in English)
Education and Professional Training
- Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2009, Summa Cum Laude): Conformity of the Sold Item (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Liviu Pop)
- Advanced Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2001-2002, Institutions of Private Law);
- Professional training internship organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Press Academy, “Freedom of Expression in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights,” Cluj-Napoca (2002);
- Professional training internship organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Cluj Court of Appeal – “The New Real Estate Advertising” (2001);
- Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2000);
- Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1997)
Publications
I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
- Pop, I.F. Popa, S.I. Vidu, Civil Law. Obligations, 2nd edition, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2020;
- Credits Offered to Consumers: Legislative Challenges and Romanian Constitutional Tensions (co-author and coordinating editor with Marian Nicolae), Ed. Solomon, Bucharest, 2017;
- The Public Notaries Law: Article-by-Article Commentary (co-author and coordinating editor), Ed. Solomon, Bucharest, 2016;
- L. Pop, I.F. Popa, S.I. Vidu, Civil Law Course. Obligations, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2015;
- Resolution and Termination in the New Civil Code, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012;
- L. Pop, I.F. Popa, S.I. Vidu, Elementary Treatise of Civil Law. Obligations, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012;
- Conformity of the Sold Item, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2010;
- I.F. Popa, Foundations of the Contract: Reassessing the Autonomy of Will, in the volume In Memoriam Ion Deleanu. Master of Metaphor and Legal Fictions in Romanian Legal Science, coordinating editors: Gheorghe Buta, Ioana Veronica Varga, Marin Voicu, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2024;
- I.F. Popa, Contractual Non-Performance with “Radiant” Effect, in the volume In Honorem Gabriel Boroi (editors: Delia Narcisa Theohari and Bogdan Dumitrache), Hamangiu Publishing, 2024;
- I.F. Popa, Nichterfüllung, Vertragsverletzung und Rechtsbehelfe im rumänischen Zivilgesetzbuch, in the volume Common European Private Law in Romania: New Codifications between French, German or Austrian, and European International Influences, Oliver Remien (Editor), Liviu Zidaru (Editor), 2023;
- I.F. Popa, Do Only Dinosaurs Still Believe in Freedom?, in the volume The Freedom of Culture. The Culture of Freedom (coordinating editors Lavinia Tec and Georgiana I. Badea), West University of Timișoara Publishing, 2023;
- I.F. Popa, G.L. Zidaru, Judicial Review of Commercial Contracts in Romania, in Judicial Review of Commercial Contracts: A Comparative Handbook (editors Hannes Wais and Thomas Pfeiffer), C.H. Beck, 2022.
II. Articles
- I.F. Popa, Limits of Contractual Liability: Contractual Liability in the Gaps of the Relativity of Contracts, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 4/2024, pp. 346-368;
- I.F. Popa, The Metamorphosis of Good Morals, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 4/2023, pp. 79-102;
- I.F. Popa, Is Dignity a Justiciable Right?, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2023, pp. 210-230;
- I.F. Popa, The Juxtaposition of Remedies and Sanctions in Contract Law, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 4/2022, pp. 271-297;
- I.F. Popa, Provision and Conformity of Digital Content or Digital Services, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2022, pp. 229-271;
- I.F. Popa, S. Suciu, Implementation of European Directives on the Supply of Digital Content and Digital Services, and on Consumer Sales – Emergency Ordinance no. 141/2021 and Emergency Ordinance no. 140/2021, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2022, pp. 196-205;
- I.F. Popa, R.N. Catană, An Autonomous Right of Electronic Contracts or of E-Commerce?, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2022, pp. 15-18.
Recent Conferences
- National Commercial Law Conference (14th edition), Timișoara, participant with the paper Timely Non-Performance of the Contract – A Scenario Compatible with Positive Law? Theoretical Perspective;
- 2024 – National Civil Law Conference: Damages and Remedies – A Dance with Many Partners in the Civil Code, Bucharest, participant with the paper Limits of Contractual Liability;
- 2023 – Gheorghe Beleiu Conference (3rd edition) The Person and the Enterprise. Theoretical Aspects with Practical Implications and Applications, participant with the paper Invocation of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in Private Law: Foundations of Romanian Positive Law;
- 2022 – Conference Challenging Issues in Civil Law (11th edition): Pathology of the Legal Will – Vices of Consent. Valeriu Stoica Conference, participant with the paper Juxtaposition of Remedies and Sanctions in Contract Law, with Special Reference to Vices of Consent;
- 2022 – National Conference The Dynamics of Civil Rights and Obligations, University of Craiova, Faculty of Law, participant with the paper Is Human Dignity a Justiciable Right?;
- 2022 – Conference What Remains to Be Said About Law? Conversations with Professor Valentin Constantin, West University of Timișoara.
Research Projects
- 2018 – Member of the scientific research project titled “Judicial Review of B2B Contracts,” carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Comparative Law at Heidelberg University, Germany, project director: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Pfeiffer;
- 2016 – Director of the scientific research project “Temporal Application of the Rules on Credits Offered to Consumers,” conducted under the aegis of the Institute for Public Policies (IPP);
- 2016 – Director of the scientific research project “Unforeseeability in Credit Contracts,” conducted under the aegis of the Society of Legal Sciences;
- 2016 – Director of the scientific research project “Use of Trusts in Banking Law,” conducted under the aegis of Transilvania Bank S.A.;
- 2014 – 2015 – Member of contract POSDRU/156/1.2/G/139077 – Vision. Adaptability. Performance in Master’s Programs in Legal Sciences; Beneficiary: Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca;
- Member of Grant Type A no. 2442/2008, “Specificity and Complementarity in Private Law,” project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dan-Andrei Popescu;
- Member of Grant Type A no. 1353/2006, “Legal Paradigms for Consumer Protection in the Conclusion and Performance of Consumer Contracts: Guidelines for a General Theory of Consumer Legal Acts,” project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paul-Dinu Vasilescu.
Contests and Prizes
- 2019 – Certificate of Appreciation for Legal Thinking, awarded by the Society of Legal Sciences;
- 2013 – “Octavian Căpățână” Award of the Romanian Journal of Private Law, granted together with the National Union of Public Notaries of Romania, for the study Unilateral and Bilateral Contractual Promises. Unilateral and Synallagmatic Promises of Real Estate Transfer, published in Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 5/2013;
- 2012 – “Istrate Micescu” Award of the National Union of Jurists of Romania, for the work Elementary Treatise of Civil Law. Obligations (co-author), Universul Juridic, 2012;
- 2012 – “Traian Ionașcu” Award of the National Union of Judicial Executors of Romania, for the work Elementary Treatise of Civil Law. Obligations (co-author), Universul Juridic, 2012;
- 2011 – “Henri Capitant” Award, granted by the Henri Capitant Association and the National Union of Insolvency Practitioners of Romania, for the work Conformity of the Sold Item, Universul Juridic, 2010;
- 2010 – “Istrate Micescu” Award of the National Union of Jurists of Romania, the Titu Maiorescu Society, and the journals Dreptul and Palatul de Justiție, for the work Conformity of the Sold Item, Universul Juridic, 2010;
- 2010 – “Octavian Căpățână” Award of the Romanian Journal of Private Law, for the studies: Conformity of the Sold Item – Between Traditional Rigidity and Functionalism (Conformity Theses), published in Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2009 (I), and Conformity of the Sold Item – Between Traditional Rigidity and Functionalism (Positive Law), published in Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 2/2009 (II).