Layers and Crossroads of Legal Orders

26^th-29^th March 2026, Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár/Klausenburg)

26^th March

Arrival in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár/Klausenburg)

18:00 – Transylvania Lectures: Totalitarianism and Private Law

Location: MCC Regional Center, Călărașilor/Huszár street 1 (Hotel Belvedere)

27^th March

9:00-12:40 – Layers and Crossroads of Legal Orders Workshop

Location: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Calea Turzii/Tordai street 4

9:00-9:50 – Keynote speech (B301) Prof. Dr. Emőd Veres: A Legal History of Transylvania in Twenty Objects

9:50-10:00 – Discussion

I. Panel (B302)

Moderator: Bence Zsolt Kovács

10:00-10:15 – Norbert Richter-Sitko: Layering and Convergences of the Regulation of Admissible Age for Employment Through the Lens of International and National Law

10:15-10:30 – Dimitrij Nastevski: Competition Law Enforcement and Judicial Review in North Macedonia in Light of EU Competition Law

10:30-10:45 – Michał Mrugała: Penal Measures and Penalties in the Kingdom of Poland in the First Half of the 19th Century

10:45-11:00 – Jovan Živanović: Rule of Law and Democracy as Considerations in System-building in Private Law: Methodology of the Interlegality and Overlapping Systems

11:15-11:30 – Julia Starybrat: Victim Protection Across Legal Layers: EU Standards and National Criminal Procedure in Poland

11:30-11:45 – Ákos Benjámin Kerekes: The Capacity to Act of Minors in the Light of Social Networks

II. Panel (B301)

Moderator: Ákos Benjámin Kerekes

13:00-13:15 – Valeria Sorici: Layers Without Review? Elections in a Multi-Layered European Legal Order

13:15-13:30 – Bojan Petrovski: The Protection of the National and Constitutional Identity of Candidate States in the Accession Process – the Case of Macedonia as a ‘Neverending Saga’

13:30-13:45 – Weronika Pietras: Between Constitutional Supremacy and EU Primacy: The Polish Constitutional Tribunal as a Conflict Manager

13:45-14:00 – Zuzanna Żurawska: At the Crossroads of Legal Orders: The Evolving Interpretation of Constitutional Identity and Its Impact on Judicial Dialogue Through Analysis of Judgments K 3/21 and K 6/21 of Polish Constitutional Tribunal

14:00-14:15 – Miklós Mádl: The So-called Nuclear Renaissance: A Myth or Reality?

14:15-14:30 – Bence Zsolt Kovács: State–Church Law at the Intersection of Multiple Branches of Law: A Study of the Romanian and Hungarian Regulatory Frameworks

14:30-14:50 – Discussion

15:00-16:00 – Library visit at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

16:00-18:00 – Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár/Klausenburg) city tour. Exploring historical sites connected to Transylvania’s legal history: headquarter of the Babeș-Bolyai University, Court of Appeal, etc.

28^th March

9:00 – Departure to Turda (Torda/Thorenburg)

10:00-12:00 – City tour in Turda. Visiting Turda Salt Mine

12:00 – Departure to Alba Iulia (Gyulafehérvár/Karlsburg)

13:00 – Arrival at Alba Iulia. Exploring historical sites connected to Transylvania’s legal history: Roman Catholic cathedral, Transylvania’s Princely Palace

14:15-16:30 – Free time

16:30 – Departure to Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár/Klausenburg)

18:00 – Arrival

29^th March

Departure to Budapest

The event is organised by the Central European Association of Comparative Law and the Forum Iuris Association.

Professional partner: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

A program a Nemzeti Együttműködési Alap, a Miniszterelnökség és a Bethlen Gábor Alapkezelő Zrt. NEAO-KP-1-2025/2-001874 és NEAO-KP-1-2025/2-001297 számú, Civil szervezetek működésének biztosítására vagy szakmai programjának megvalósítására és működésének biztosítására fordítható összevont támogatások által valósul meg.