About this book

This volume contains the scientific papers presented at the 6^th Conference on Comparative and International Law that was held on 26 June 2026 online on Zoom. This is an international conference. The Conference was jointly organized by the World Academy of Art and Science, United States of America, through its Existential Threats and Risks for All Working Group; Hertfordshire Law School, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Department of International and European Law, University of Szeged, Hungary; the International Observatory for Law and Transdisciplinarity (IOLT) of the Centre International de Recherches et Études Transdisciplinaires (CIRET), Paris, France; and the Society of Juridical and Administrative Sciences, Romania. Further information about the Conference, including its scientific programme, committees, publication policies, and organizational framework, is available on the official conference website: https://comparativelawconference.eu. The studies included in this volume are organized into four thematic parts that reflect some of the major contemporary challenges facing comparative and international law: Part I – Legal Traditions, Sovereignty, and Constitutional Order, Part II – Human Rights, Migration, and Procedural Justice, Part III – Comparative Criminal Law and Transnational Judicial Cooperation, Part IV – Market Regulation, Data Governance, and Artificial Intelligence. The volume is addressed to researchers, academics, legal practitioners, doctoral candidates, and students interested in contemporary developments in comparative law, international law, European law, and related fields.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART I. LEGAL TRADITIONS, SOVEREIGNTY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

Bogdan Cristian TRANDAFIRESCU
Colonial Law’s Role in the Formation and Consolidation of Contemporary Legal Families

Paulina GULI HOTI
The Principle of the Separation of Powers in Relation to Judicial Power and Disputes of Competence in Albania

Paulo DE BRITO
The Legality of Nicolás Maduro’s Capture: International Law, Jurisdiction, and Immunity

Reza ABBASI
The Shadow Architecture of Sovereignty: Intelligence Services and the Governance of Cloud Diplomacy in International Law

PART II. HUMAN RIGHTS, MIGRATION, AND PROCEDURAL JUSTICE

Andra Bianca IACOB
The Impact of the ECtHR Judgment in M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece on Asylum Transfers: A Comparative Analysis of Reforms

Liviu Alexandru VIOREL
Procedural Unilateralism in Civil Justice: The One-Sided Courtroom and the Limits of Adversarial Principle

PART III. COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL LAW AND TRANSNATIONAL JUDICIAL COOPERATION

Aurel Octavian PASAT
The Convergence of Continental Criminal Law and Common Law Systems in the Context of Legal Globalization

Mihaela PALADE-ROPOTAN
The European Union and the United States of America’s Perspectives on the Principle of Mutual Trust in Criminal Matters

Anca-Lelia LORINCZ
Some Considerations Regarding the Current State of Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Between Different Countries at European and International Level

Mihai ȘTEFĂNOAIA
Corruption Crimes in Comparative Criminal Law

Andra IFTIMIEI
The Evolution of Criminal Law: The Crime of Match-Fixing in a Comparative Analysis

PART IV. MARKET REGULATION, DATA GOVERNANCE, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Claudiu-Gabriel GALU
Comparative Case Law on Capital Market Manipulation

Daniela DUȚĂ
Dominant Position in Personal Data Protection: Intersections Between Competition Law and Data Protection

Ioana CREȚU
Regulatory Models for Artificial Intelligence in Education in European Union Countries

Gabriel Florinel ION
Artificial Intelligence and the Principle of Decision Making Transparency: From Opaque Algorithms to Explainable Justice in European and Romanian Law

Mircea DUȚU-BUZURA
Legal Dimensions of the Climate Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence