Faculty Leadership
Associate Professor Dr. ȘERBAN DIACONESCU
Academic Involvement
- Civil Law – Introduction (General Part; Persons)
- Distribution Contracts
Education and Professional Training
- Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2008, Magna Cum Laude): The Framework Commercial Distribution Agreement (supervisor: Liviu Pop)
- Law Degree, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1998)
Publications
I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
- Vasilescu, Ș. Diaconescu, Introduction to Civil Law, vol. I, Hamangiu Publishing, Bucharest, 2022;
- P. Vasilescu, Ș. Diaconescu, Introduction to Civil Law, vol. II, Hamangiu Publishing, Bucharest, 2023;
- Ș. Diaconescu, The Framework Commercial Distribution Agreement, Universul Juridic Publishing, Bucharest, 2010;
- Ș. Diaconescu, Vulnerability and Capability in Romania, pp. 313–324, in the volume La vulnérabilité (Journées Québécoises Conference), Bruylant Publishing, Brussels, 2020;
- Ș. Diaconescu, The Cause of the Civil Act between Tradition and Futility, in the collective volume Between Legal Dogmatics and Practical Reason. In Honorem Dan Chirică, Hamangiu Publishing, Bucharest, 2018;
- Ș. Diaconescu, Abuse of Rights, a Mechanism for Contractual Justice, in the collective volume Abuse of Rights. In Honorem Ion Lulă 70, Universul Juridic Publishing, Bucharest, 2016;
- Ș. Diaconescu, Legal Challenges in the Architecture of Distribution Contracts, in Unnamed Contracts, Universul Juridic Publishing, Bucharest, 2017.
II. Articles
- Ș. Diaconescu, The Functions of Proportionality Analysis in the Protection of Non-Property Rights, Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Iurisprudentia, no. 4/2019;
- Ș. Diaconescu, The Relationship between Tort Liability and Non-Property Subjective Rights, Dreptul, no. 2/2021;
- Ș. Diaconescu, Abuse of Rights in the Exercise of Property Rights, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 2/2024;
- Ș. Diaconescu, Aspects of Know-How as an Intangible Asset, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 3/2017.
Recent Conferences
- International Conference The Future of Successions: Digital Assets, Cross-Border Implications, Tax Challenges, Bucharest, March 7-8, 2025 (Bucharest Chamber of Public Notaries)
- Current Issues Regarding Evidence with Electronic Documents – Unified or Dual Regulation of the Electronic Document and the Electronic Record?, Cluj-Napoca, July 2023
Research Projects
- Legal Paradigms for Consumer Protection in the Conclusion and Performance of Consumer Contracts: Landmarks for a General Theory of Consumer Law Acts (C.N.C.S.I.S. Grant A 1353/2006);
- Conventional Assignment of Contracts: Landmarks for a General Theory of the Progressive Formation of Contracts (C.N.C.S.I.S. Grant A 1491/2007).
Teaching Mobilities and Research Fellowships
- Erasmus Teaching Mobility: Faculty of Law, State University of Chișinău, Republic of Moldova (2017);
- 2004, 2006 – Training internships at the Faculty of Law, University Paris II, Panthéon-Assas.
Awards
- I.L. Georgescu Award of the Union of Jurists of Romania (2010)
- Bologna Professor, distinction awarded by ANOSR and the Presidency of Romania (2017)
- Annual Award for Teaching Excellence, awarded by Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2016, 2024)