Publications
My publications include monographs, edited volumes, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles in private law, consumer finance, debt regulation, digital finance, contract law, investment law, and energy law. Where available, I provide links to open-access versions, publisher pages, or downloadable files
Forthcoming
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES:
Responsible Consumers, Invisible Threats: Digital Finance, AI, and the Future of Consumer Law
Co-edited with Catalina Goanta. Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2027.
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Creditarea persoanelor si cele trei stagii ale capitalismului romanesc: 1859-1999 [Personal Credit and the Three Stages of Romanian Capitalism: 1859-1999]
Tact Publishing, forthcoming 2027. [In Romanian]
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Consumer Credit in the UK and the EU
Co-authored with Monica Vessio. Taylor and Francis, forthcoming 2027.
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BOOK CHAPTERS:
Consumer Mortgage Law in Romania
In Comparative Mortgage Law, edited by Irina Domurath and Guido Comparato. Hart, forthcoming 2027.
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Debt Collection
In Research Handbook on European Consumer Credit and Mortgage Credit Law, edited by Olha Cherednychenko. Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2027.
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Algorithmic Indebtedness and the Infrastructural Turn in Consumer Finance
In Responsible Consumers, Invisible Threats: Digital Finance, AI, and the Future of Consumer Law, edited by Catalin Stanescu and Catalina Goanta. Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2027.
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Financial Vulnerability in the Era of Digital Informal Credit Markets
In The Regulatory Dimension of Vulnerability in and Beyond EU Private Law: From Fragmentation to Operationalisation, edited by Mateusz Grochowski and Camilla Signoretta. Hart, forthcoming 2027.
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Regulating the Spectacle: Technopopulism, the Broligarchy, and the EU’s Performative Dilemma
In Confronting Technofeudalism and Digital Authoritarianism, edited by Gergely Gosztonyi and Tamás Dezső Ziegler. Brill, forthcoming 2027.
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Informal Debt Collection
In Consumer Law Encyclopedia, edited by Hans Micklitz and Monika Namyslowska. Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2026.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES:
The Issue of Systemic Risk under the Digital Services Act: Lessons from EU Financial Law
TBA, forthcoming 2026.
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Debt’s Shadow Realm: Mapping and Reforming Informal Debt Collection Regulation in Southeast Asia and Australia
Cambridge Asian Journal of Comparative Law, forthcoming 2026.
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Books and Edited Volumes
Failure by Design?
Nomos, 2026. German translation of the Oxford University Press monograph.
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EU Informal Debt Collection Regulation: Failure by Design?
Oxford University Press, 2025. Open access.
Links: Publisher page | Open-access PDF
Reglementarea colectării informale a datoriilor în UE: Un eșec intenționat?
Editura Tact, 2025. Romanian translation of the Oxford University Press monograph.
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Regulation of Debt Collection in Europe: Understanding Informal Debt Collection Practices
Edited volume. Routledge, 2023.
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Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion: Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law
Co-edited with Asress Gikay. Routledge, 2020.
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Perspectives in Energy Law: Denmark and Beyond. In Memoriam Anita Ronne
Co-edited with Beatriz Martinez Romera and Marta Roggenkamp. Ex Tuto Publishing, 2019.
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Property and Trust Law in Romania
Monograph for the International Encyclopedia of Laws. Wolters Kluwer, 2017, updated 2019.
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Energy Law of Romania
Monograph for the Encyclopedia of Law. Wolters Kluwer, 2015, updated 2018 and 2021; further update forthcoming 2026.
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Self-help, Private Debt Collection and the Concomitant Risks: A Comparative Law Analysis
Springer, 2015.
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Commercial and Economic Law of Romania
Co-authored with Bogdan Timofti. Monograph for the International Encyclopedia of Law. Wolters Kluwer, 2013, updated 2015, 2017, and 2021; further update forthcoming 2026.
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Book Chapter
Research Methodologies for Consumer Contracts in the 21st Century: Addressing Digitalization, Automation, and Profiling
Co-authored with Liviu Damsa. In Research Methods in Contract Law, edited by Yuliya Chernykh and Joshua Karton. Edward Elgar, 2025. Open access.
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Consumer ADR in Emerging Economies: The Romanian Experience
In Consumer ADR in Emerging Economies, edited by Eda Sahin-Sengül and Serkan Kaya. Routledge, 2025.
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A Double-Edged Sword: Alignments and Conflicts in the International, Regional and Domestic Governance of Offshore Energy Projects
Co-authored with Cristian Rubanovici. In Offshore Energy Law: Challenges and Opportunities for Hydrocarbons and Renewables at Sea, edited by Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Eduardo Pereira, Eddy Wifa and Madeline Taylor. Hart, 2025.
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Transforming Consumer Financial Protection Law through Constitutionalization: How the Romanian Constitutional Court Highjacked Consumer Financial Protection
In The Transformation of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe, edited by Hans-W. Micklitz and Christian Twigg-Flesner. Hart, 2023.
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Understanding Informal Debt Collection in the European Union
In Regulation of Debt Collection in Europe: Understanding Informal Debt Collection Practices, edited by Catalin Stanescu. Routledge, 2023.
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Romania’s Struggle to Tackle Abusive Informal Debt Collection Practices
Co-authored with Albert Albanezi. In Regulation of Debt Collection in Europe: Understanding Informal Debt Collection Practices, edited by Catalin Stanescu. Routledge, 2023.
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Is There a Scandinavian Model for Regulating Abusive Informal Debt Collection Practices?
In Festskrift til Linda Nielsen, edited by Caroline Heide Jørgensen, Ingrid Lund-Andersen and Jesper Lau Hansen. Djøf Forlag, 2022. Open access.
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Energy and Transport
Co-authored with Beatriz Martinez Romera. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law: Energy Law and the Environment, edited by Martha Roggenkamp, Kars de Graaf and Ruven Fleming. Edward Elgar, 2021.
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Digital Debt Collection: Opportunities, Abuses and Concerns
In Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion: Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law, edited by Catalin Stanescu and Asress Gikay. Routledge, 2020.
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Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion
Co-authored with Asress Adimi Gikay. Introductory chapter in Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion: Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law, edited by Catalin Stanescu and Asress Gikay. Routledge, 2020.
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Decommissioning in Denmark
In The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities, edited by Eduardo G. Pereira, Alexandra Wawryk, Heike Trischmann, Catherine Banet and Keith B. Hall. Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
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Decommissioning in Romania
In The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry: From Obligation to Opportunities, edited by Eduardo G. Pereira, Alexandra Wawryk, Heike Trischmann, Catherine Banet and Keith B. Hall. Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
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A Study in Gold: Gabriel Resources v. Romania. Qui Prodest? The Neo Liberal Discourse and the Multi-Facet Impact of the Investment Agreement in Roșia Montană
In Research Handbook on the Contribution of International Trade and Investment Law to the Rule of Law at National and International Level, Vol. IV, edited by Julien Chaisse et al. Springer, 2020. Open access.
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Romania: Investment Protection or Recipe for Plunder?
In Investment Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe: Law and Practice, edited by Csongor Istvan Nagy. Edward Elgar, 2019.
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Articles 7 and 34–37
In Commentary on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), edited by Rafael Leal-Arcas. Edward Elgar, 2018 and 2022.
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Journal Articles
Fragmentation or Complementarity? An Empirical Evaluation of Informal Debt Collection Regulation in Singapore
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2025. E-pub ahead of print. Open access.
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The Role of Codes of Conduct in Regulating Abusive Informal Debt Collection Practices in the EU: An Empirical Evaluation
Co-authored with Jakub Kepinski. Journal of Consumer Policy, 2025. Open access.
Links: Publisher page | DOI | Open-access version
The Enforcement of Consumer Financial Protection Rules in Romania: 30 Years Later – A Critical Evaluation
European Consumer and Market Law Review, 2023.
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The Unlikely Continuity: The Communist Legacy of Romanian Consumer Credit Laws
Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium, e-pub 2023, print 2025. Open access.
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The Impact of the Credit Servicing Directive on Regulating Abusive Informal Debt Collection in the European Union: A Step Forward or a Missed Opportunity?
European Consumer and Market Law Review, 2023.
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Impactul Directivei privind administrarea de credit asupra reglementării colectării informale abuzive a creanțelor în Uniunea Europeană: Un pas înainte sau o oportunitate ratată?
Revista Română de Drept European, 2022. [In Romanian]
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A Critical Assessment of the Need for Harmonization of the Legal Framework Concerning Abusive Informal Debt Collection Practices in the European Union: Is Harmonization Possible and How Can it Best Be Attained?
Journal of Consumer Policy, 2021. Open access.
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Regulation of Abusive Debt Collection Practices in the EU Member States: An Empirical Account
Journal of Consumer Policy, 2021. Open access.
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Regulatory Arbitrage and Non-Judicial Debt Collection in Central and Eastern Europe: Tax Avoidance and Money Laundering
Co-authored with Camelia Bogdan. Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium, 2021. Open access.
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Is the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive Fit to Tackle Effectively Abusive Debt Collection? A Critical Evaluation
European Consumer and Market Law Review, 2020.
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“Farewell, but I Am Staying with You” – On Romania’s Hydrocarbon Romance
Journal of Environmental Law, 2020.
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Host Granting Instrument Models: Why Do They Matter and for Whom?
Co-authored with Eduardo Guedes Pereira, Wan Mohd Zulhafiz, Felipe Rodrigues Caldas Feres, Waniss Almashri Otman, Yanal Abul Failat, and Aaron Koenck. Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal, 2020. Open access.
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Petroleum Concessions, Licenses and Leases: Same-Same but Different?
Co-authored with Eduardo Pereira and Aaron Koenck. LSU Journal of Energy Law & Resources, 2019. Open access.
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Technological Populism and Its Archetypes: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Co-authored with Asress Gikay. Nordic Journal of Commercial Law, 2019. Open access.
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Recuperatorii, Banii și Românii – O evaluare a încercărilor României de a legifera colectarea abuzivă de creanțe
Romanian Business Law Review, 2019. [In Romanian]
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The Responsible Consumer in the Digital Age: On the Conceptual Shift from ‘Average’ to ‘Responsible’ Consumer and the Inadequacy of the ‘Information Paradigm’ in Consumer Financial Protection
Tilburg Law Review, 2019. Open access.
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Stabilization Mechanisms for Nuclear Investments vs Electricity Market Liberalization: The Case of Contracts for Difference. Lessons from the United Kingdom and Romania
European Energy and Environmental Law Review, 2018.
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Dead End for Energy Concessions? The Effects of the Concession Directive on Investor Protection Mechanisms in Energy Concessions
International Energy Law Review, 2018.
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The Reluctance of Civil Law Countries in Adopting “the Without Breach of Peace” Standard of UCC Article 9: Evidence from National and International Legal Instruments Governing Secured Transactions
Co-authored with Asress Gikay. Louisiana Journal of Civil Law Studies, 2017. Open access.
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Arbitrability of Disputes Pertaining to Abusive Debt Collection Practices in the US: Striking a Balance between Efficiency and Fairness
Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 2017. Open access.
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Are nevoie Uniunea Europeană de o reglementare a practicilor abuzive de colectare a creanțelor?
Romanian Journal of European Law, 2016. [In Romanian]
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Piercing the Corporate Veil – American Lessons for Romania and Slovakia
Co-authored with Alexandra Andhov. Chicago-Kent Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2016. Open access.
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Country Report: Romania: The Target for Renewable Energy Production for 2020 Has Already Been Reached – But Is It Really Good News?
Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review, 2015.
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Fraudulent Conveyances under US, Czech and Romanian Law
Co-authored with Peter Sprinz. Official Almanac of the International Conference “The Milestones of Law in the Area of Central Europe”, 2013.
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Is Self-Help Repossession Possible in Central Europe?
Co-authored with Klaudia Fabian and Alexandra Horvathova. The Journal of Euroasian Law, 2011.
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Other Writing
The Making of the Debtor Society: From Affluence to Normalised Indebtedness
Transformative Private Law Blog, 2024.
Links: Blog post
Contractul de Farm Out
Juridice.ro, 2012. [In Romanian]
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