Radosveta Vassileva


NameRadosveta Vassileva
Job titleVisiting Fellow
Research institute
Primary appointmentLaw and Social Sciences
Email addressr.vassileva@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-3949
Contact categoryAcademic staff (past)

Research outputs

Bulgarian private law at crossroads

Vassileva, R. 2022. Bulgarian private law at crossroads. Cambridge, UK Intersentia.

Investment arbitration and the rule of law: how transparency impacts on domestic accountability

Vassileva, R. 2024. Investment arbitration and the rule of law: how transparency impacts on domestic accountability. in: Heidemann, M. and Andenas, M. (ed.) Commercial Contract Law and Arbitration: From Assignments to Unfair Terms Routledge. pp. 46-77

Environmental delicts and post-communist private law in Bulgaria: time for reforms in view of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal?

Vassileva, R. 2024. Environmental delicts and post-communist private law in Bulgaria: time for reforms in view of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal? in: Santos Silva, M., Nicolussi, A., Wendehorst, C., Coderch, P., Clément, M. and Zoll, F. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability Routledge. pp. 46-64

Is it possible to fight corruption in a post-communist captured state? The case of Bulgaria

Vassileva, R. 2025. Is it possible to fight corruption in a post-communist captured state? The case of Bulgaria. in: Meiselles, M., Ryder, N. and Giosa, P. (ed.) Contemporary Economic Crime: Issues and Challenges Routledge. pp. 85-94

A perfect storm: the extraordinary constitutional attack against the Istanbul Convention in Bulgaria

Vassileva, R. 2022. A perfect storm: the extraordinary constitutional attack against the Istanbul Convention in Bulgaria. Osteuropa Recht. 68 (1), pp. 78-96. https://doi.org/10.5771/0030-6444-2022-1-78

Professor Yosif Fadenhecht (1873-1953) and the Bulgarian-Polish intellectual exchanges during the interwar period

Vassileva, R. 2025. Professor Yosif Fadenhecht (1873-1953) and the Bulgarian-Polish intellectual exchanges during the interwar period. in: The Polish Law of Obligations and European Legal Traditions Mohr Siebeck .

Legal change and the role of the scholar: scratching beneath the surface of comparative taxonomies

Vassileva, R. 2024. Legal change and the role of the scholar: scratching beneath the surface of comparative taxonomies. Studia Iuridica. 99, pp. 615-637. https://doi.org/10.31338/2544-3135.si.2024-99.36

Three ways to bolster flawed AML/CFT in the EU

Demetriades, P. and Vassileva, R. 2021. Three ways to bolster flawed AML/CFT in the EU. Central Banking Journal. XXXII (1).

Concluding remarks: Interwar dialogues and the patterns of legal change

Vassileva, R. 2023. Concluding remarks: Interwar dialogues and the patterns of legal change. British Association of Comparative Law.

Review of Kriszta Kovács (ed), The Jurisprudence of Particularism: National Identity Claims in Central Europe (Bloomsbury Publishing 2023), ISBN: 9781509960125

Vassileva, R. 2023. Review of Kriszta Kovács (ed), The Jurisprudence of Particularism: National Identity Claims in Central Europe (Bloomsbury Publishing 2023), ISBN: 9781509960125. British Association of Comparative Law.

Bulgarian Private Law at Crossroads (Intersentia 2022)

Vassileva, R. 2022. Bulgarian Private Law at Crossroads (Intersentia 2022). British Association of Comparative Law.

Bulgaria’s mafia state and the failure of the CVM

Vassileva, R. 2023. Bulgaria’s mafia state and the failure of the CVM. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20230613-231059-0

Extradition to Russia from an EU member state: judicial incompetence, political bias, or just another sign of rule of law decay?

Vassileva, R. 2022. Extradition to Russia from an EU member state: judicial incompetence, political bias, or just another sign of rule of law decay? Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20220818-181747-0

Bulgaria’s failed specialized criminal justice experiment

Vassileva, R. 2022. Bulgaria’s failed specialized criminal justice experiment. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20220429-182318-0

Impunity: the unbearable difficulty of dismissing a General Prosecutor for abuses of office and other crimes

Vassileva, R. 2022. Impunity: the unbearable difficulty of dismissing a General Prosecutor for abuses of office and other crimes. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20220318-121202-0

Framing and raiding: Bulgaria’s Kafkaesque Prosecutor’s Office

Vassileva, R. 2021. Framing and raiding: Bulgaria’s Kafkaesque Prosecutor’s Office. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20210609-123826-0

Yellow light for disciplining inconvenient judges? The ECtHR’s ambivalent judgment in Todorova v Bulgaria

Vassileva, R. 2021. Yellow light for disciplining inconvenient judges? The ECtHR’s ambivalent judgment in Todorova v Bulgaria. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20211105-011230-0

Short but sweet: Bulgaria's short-lived 45th National Assembly as a first step towards reforms

Vassileva, R. 2021. Short but sweet: Bulgaria's short-lived 45th National Assembly as a first step towards reforms. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20210512-181802-0

Bulgaria’s election spiral: the anatomy of disappointment

Vassileva, R. 2023. Bulgaria’s election spiral: the anatomy of disappointment. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Bulgaria's institutional wars

Vassileva, R. 2022. Bulgaria's institutional wars. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

After yet another election, where are you heading Bulgaria?

Vassileva, R. 2022. After yet another election, where are you heading Bulgaria? Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Who is who in the Bulgarian coup?

Vassileva, R. 2022. Who is who in the Bulgarian coup? Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Snap elections in Bulgaria: who is ready for political suicide?

Vassileva, R. 2021. Snap elections in Bulgaria: who is ready for political suicide? Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Bulgaria’s media jungle: the good, the bad and the ugly

Vassileva, R. 2021. Bulgaria’s media jungle: the good, the bad and the ugly. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Bulgaria’s deepening political crisis: An opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff

Vassileva, R. 2023. Bulgaria’s deepening political crisis: An opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff. Institute of Communication Studies (ICS).

The Bulgarian-Macedonian hala meets EU hypocrisy

Vassileva, R. 2022. The Bulgarian-Macedonian hala meets EU hypocrisy. Institute of Communication Studies (ICS).

The end of an autocratic era? Bulgaria’s new regular government

Vassileva, R. 2021. The end of an autocratic era? Bulgaria’s new regular government. Institute of Communication Studies (ICS).

Snap parliamentary elections in July: civil society v Bulgaria’s autocracy

Vassileva, R. 2021. Snap parliamentary elections in July: civil society v Bulgaria’s autocracy. Institute of Communication Studies (ICS).

Bulgaria’s constitutional drama and the EU Commission’s rose-colored glasses

Vassileva, R. 2024. Bulgaria’s constitutional drama and the EU Commission’s rose-colored glasses. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.59704/f8ab8d794882e79f

The EPPO as a domesticated cat: a perspective from Bulgaria

Vassileva, R. 2024. The EPPO as a domesticated cat: a perspective from Bulgaria. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.59704/3e330d45f4524229

The rise of the pro-Putin “Revival” party in Bulgaria

Vassileva, R. 2024. The rise of the pro-Putin “Revival” party in Bulgaria. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Bulgaria’s Faustian bargain and the betrayal of the 2020 anti-corruption protests

Vassileva, R. 2024. Bulgaria’s Faustian bargain and the betrayal of the 2020 anti-corruption protests. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Lyuben Dikov, Filippo Vassalli, and Karl Llewellyn: three scholars who may hold a key to understanding some peculiar similarities between Bulgarian, Italian, and US Law

Vassileva, R. 2024. Lyuben Dikov, Filippo Vassalli, and Karl Llewellyn: three scholars who may hold a key to understanding some peculiar similarities between Bulgarian, Italian, and US Law. British Association of Comparative Law.

At a snail’s pace: How EU bureaucracy undermines fundamental rights

Vassileva, R. 2023. At a snail’s pace: How EU bureaucracy undermines fundamental rights. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.59704/cb1c6dfd944241bf

Contractual performance in COVID-19 times: does Anglo-French legal history repeat itself?

Pedamon, C. and Vassileva, R. 2021. Contractual performance in COVID-19 times: does Anglo-French legal history repeat itself? European Review of Private Law. 29 (1), pp. 3-38. https://doi.org/10.54648/erpl2021002

Monetary appreciation and foreign currency mortgages: lessons from the 2015 Swiss Franc surge

Vassileva, R. 2020. Monetary appreciation and foreign currency mortgages: lessons from the 2015 Swiss Franc surge. European Review of Private Law. 28 (1), pp. 173-200. https://doi.org/10.54648/erpl2020008

Money laundering and central bank governance in the European Union

Demetriades, P. and Vassileva, R. 2020. Money laundering and central bank governance in the European Union. Journal of International Economic Law. 23 (2), pp. 509-533. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgaa011

Threats to the rule of law: the pitfalls of the cooperation and verification mechanism

Vassileva, R. 2020. Threats to the rule of law: the pitfalls of the cooperation and verification mechanism. European Public Law. 26 (3), pp. 741-768. https://doi.org/10.54648/euro2020062

On the diverging conceptions of fairness in English and Bulgarian contract law: the peculiar transformation(s) of Roman causa

Vassileva, R. 2019. On the diverging conceptions of fairness in English and Bulgarian contract law: the peculiar transformation(s) of Roman causa. Oxford University Comparative Law Forum. 2019.

The “duty to cooperate” in English and French contract law: one channel, two distinct views

Pedamon, C. and Vassileva, R. 2019. The “duty to cooperate” in English and French contract law: one channel, two distinct views. Journal of Comparative Law. 14 (1), pp. 1-24.

Shattering myths: the curious history of the Bulgarian Law of Obligations

Vassileva, R. 2019. Shattering myths: the curious history of the Bulgarian Law of Obligations. Studia Iuridica. 82, pp. 309-327. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.9793

Autonomous interpretation of uniform commercial law: the East-West European divide

Vassileva, R. 2018. Autonomous interpretation of uniform commercial law: the East-West European divide. European Business Law Review. 29 (6), pp. 885-906. https://doi.org/10.54648/eulr2018034

Harmonisation impossible? On the evolution of the English, French, and Bulgarian approach to hardship in commercial contracts

Vassileva, R. 2017. Harmonisation impossible? On the evolution of the English, French, and Bulgarian approach to hardship in commercial contracts. Amicus Curiae. 112, pp. 34-42. https://doi.org/10.14296/ac.v2017i112.5044

Bulgaria's Eurozone games

Vassileva, R. 2025. Bulgaria's Eurozone games. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Hot rule of law potatoes: the CJEU’s formalism in joined cases C‑313/23, C‑316/23, C‑332/23 and its implications

Vassileva, R. 2025. Hot rule of law potatoes: the CJEU’s formalism in joined cases C‑313/23, C‑316/23, C‑332/23 and its implications. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.59704/270dbde4eeb474e9

Investment arbitration and the autonomy of EU’s legal order: a rule of law perspective

Vassileva, R. 2025. Investment arbitration and the autonomy of EU’s legal order: a rule of law perspective. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. 76 (2), pp. 179-212. https://doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v76i2.1115

Dramatic parliamentary elections in Bulgaria: will Borissov transfer power peacefully?

Vassileva, R. 2021. Dramatic parliamentary elections in Bulgaria: will Borissov transfer power peacefully? Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Sexism and violence against women. Will this nightmare in Bulgaria end?

Vassileva, R. 2021. Sexism and violence against women. Will this nightmare in Bulgaria end? Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

Some sad lessons the western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria’s EU journey

Vassileva, R. 2021. Some sad lessons the western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria’s EU journey. Institute of Communication Studies (ICS).

COVID-19 in autocratic Bulgaria: how the anti-corruption protests temporarily limited the abuse of questionable legislation

Vassileva, R. 2021. COVID-19 in autocratic Bulgaria: how the anti-corruption protests temporarily limited the abuse of questionable legislation. Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20210305-154130-0
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