Academic Staff
Professor Dr. Mircea-Dan BOB-BOCȘAN
Academic Involvement
- Roman Private Law
- Civil Law – Successions and Donations
Education and Professional Training
- Post-doctoral training: Paris 2, Max Planck Institute Hamburg, Ottawa, Montréal, St. Etienne, Marseille, Louisiana State University, Edinburgh
- Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2006)
- Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca – 2000, The Evolution of the Testament in Roman Law (supervisor: Vladimir Hanga)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1997)
Publications
I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
- Bob-Bocșan, A. Murphy, Enforcing a Judgment Debt against Property Wrongly Included in a Certificate of Succession, in A. Stoica, M. Schmitz, P. Gielen (eds.), L’efficacité du titre judiciaire et son exécution / The Efficiency of Court Decisions and Its Enforcement, Bruylant, Brussels, 2024, pp. 119-126;
- M. Bob-Bocșan, Elements of Romanian Law Applicable to Successions and Donations, in G. de Foy, E-J. Navez (eds.), La Fiscalité des Successions et des Donations Internationales, 2nd edition, Bruylant, Brussels, 2023, pp. 1360-1378;
- M. Bob-Bocșan, Elementary Manual of Romanian Private Law, 3rd edition, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2022;
- M. Bob-Bocșan, Cr. Nicolescu, National Report – Solidarity and Family, in La Solidarité – Travaux de l’Association Henri Capitant, Journées Françaises, vol. LXVIII/2019, Bruylant, Brussels, 2021, pp. 241-253
II. Articles
- M. Bob-Bocșan, A. Murphy, The Unworthy and the Ungrateful: On the Mirroring Legal Patterns of France, Québec, and Romania, in Journal of Civil Law Studies, vol. 16 (2024), no. 1, pp. 100-120;
- M. Bob-Bocșan, The Foundations of the Unworthy Heir Rule in Romania, in European Review of Private Law, no. 6 (2021), pp. 913-924;
- M. Bob-Bocșan, V. Ciucă, A Ship Named Feminae, in the Mediterranean Port Ovidius … Some Ovidian, Legal and Moral Ideas. Florilegium, in Feminae: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Balkan Association of Roman Law and Roman Legal Traditions, Rijeka, 5-6 October 2023, in Ius Romanum, no. 2/2023, pp. 69-77.
Recent Conferences
- 22.05.2025 – Keynote speaker, IV Congreso Ibérico e Internacional – Desafíos del derecho de sucesiones, Complutense University, Madrid: Le droit roumain des successions, entre le code civil de 1864 et le code civil de 2011
- 13.12.2024 – Moderator and speaker, Section I, Consent and Nullity in Private Law: European Perspective, Biennial of the Faculty of Law, University of Oradea: Consent and Nullity in Roman Law
- 25.10.2024 – Speaker, Dynamics of Legal Norm Interpretation – Theoretical Scenarios, Practical Cases, Faculty of Law, UAIC Iași: Two Civil Code Texts and Their Possible Interpretation: Holographic Will and Reserved Portion
- 28.08.2024 – Keynote speaker, Summer School Implementing Innovation in Law and Administrative Sciences, hosted by Faculty of Law, Ovidius University, Constanța: Necessary Ingredients for Legal Innovation: Case Study – Reserved Portion
- 07.06.2024 – Speaker, Instruments for Preserving the Unity of Family Businesses and Agricultural Assets – Perspectives of Legal History, Central European Academy, Budapest: Would it Be Useful to Regulate Family Property? Brief Examination of a Proposal Emphasizing the Reform of the Former Romanian Civil Code
- 23.05.2024 – Speaker, International Conference Codification et Codes, organized by Association Henri Capitant des amis de la culture juridique française and Faculty of Law, Plovdiv University, Bulgaria: Les circonstances et les conséquences de la codification civile roumaine de 2011
- 30.11–01.12.2023 – Speaker, Histoire du droit et historiens du droit en Europe. Etat des lieux et perspectives, University Paris 2 – Panthéon-Assas and AHFD (https://assohfd.fr), national reporter for round tables 1 and 5
- 05–06.10.2023 – Speaker, Eight International Conference of the Balkan Association of Roman Law and Roman Legal Tradition, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Cres, Croatia: A Ship Named Feminae, in the Mediterranean Port Ovidius… Some Ovidian, Legal and Moral Ideas. Florilegium (with V. Ciucă)
- 22.06.2023 – Keynote speaker, Symposium Litera legii și literatura dreptului – 30 Years Since the Re-establishment of Cluj Court of Appeal, organized by Cluj Court of Appeal and Faculty of Law, UBB: Roman Magistrates’ Innovations Reflected in Cicero’s Writings
- 27.04.2023 – General reporter, 2e Table Ronde Le Notaire et les Successions Transfrontalières, 7e Colloque des Notariats de la Méditerranée Les Notaires et les Activités Transfrontalières, organized by Association Henri Capitant des amis de la culture juridique française and Conseil Supérieur du Notariat, UINL and UNNPR, Poiana Brașov
- 15.10.2022 – Speaker, Formalism and Freedom in Private Law, organized by Cluj Bar and Faculty of Law, UBB: Formalism in Succession Procedure: Practical Consequences of Seizin
- 06.10.2022 – Keynote speaker, Conference 30 Years Since the Resumption of Legal Higher Education in Oradea, Workshop Law Towards the Future: What Is and What Should Be a Doctoral Thesis
- 27.05.2022 – Moderator and speaker, National Conference Dynamics of Civil Rights and Obligations, Faculty of Law, University of Craiova: Can Civil Liability Be Reformed to Benefit “Azorel”? Reflections on a Popular Topic
Research Projects
- 18.V–2.VI.2018 (no. 284/18.10.2018), Director of CNCSIS Type MC Grant, Research at University of Ottawa (Canada)
- Director of CNCS-UEFISCDI Grant, on The Relevance of the Evolution of the Concept of Family for Succession Order in Legal Inheritance – A Socio-Legal, Historical, and Philosophical Investigation (PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0249)
- Director of CNCSIS Type MC Grant, on Culture et Droit Civil en Roumanie (no. 56/III.2008)
Teaching Mobilities and Research Fellowships
- Erasmus Teaching Mobility: 2025, Complutense University, Madrid; 2009, Alecu Russo University, Bălți, Republic of Moldova
- Research Fellowship: AUF Research Improvement Scholarship, Université de Montréal, Canada (2009)
Affiliations
- Société internationale pour l’histoire des droits de l’Antiquité (2002)
- Société d’histoire du droit (2002)
- Association Henri Capitant des amis de la culture juridique française (2003)
- Akademie für europäisches Privatrecht (2009)
Contests and Prizes
- 2020 – Annual Excellence in Research Award, awarded by UBB Cluj-Napoca
- 2009 – “Andrei Rădulescu” Award of the Union of Jurists of Romania, for the book Instituțiile lui Iustinian
- 2009, 2010, 2011 – “Professor of the Year” Award, awarded by Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca