Liviu-Marius Harosa has passed away

The faculty and staff of the Faculty of Law at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca express their profound sadness following the unexpected passing of their colleague, Associate Professor Liviu-Marius HAROSA, —a faculty member in the Department of Private Law and a member of the Faculty of Law Council.

As the valedictorian of the 1997 graduating class of the Babeș-Bolyai University Faculty of Law, and an alumnus of the Hague Academy of International Law (specializing in Private International Law), Marius Harosa pursued an exceptional academic and professional career. He held a PhD in Civil Law (awarded Magna cum laude) and was a post-doctoral fellow at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and the Romanian Academy. In 2013, he was honored with the “Andrei Rădulescu” Prize by the Romanian Academy.

Throughout his academic career, Marius Harosa distinguished himself as a highly accomplished expert in the fields of private law, real estate registration, and canon law. His teaching encompassed several fundamental and specialized subjects, including Civil Law. Main Property Rights, European and Comparative Property Law (at the Master’s level), Canon Law, and Legal Clinic. He was widely recognized by both colleagues and students for his conceptual rigor, the impeccable logical structure of his courses, and his exemplary academic standards. Marius Harosa served as a member of the Senate of Babeș-Bolyai University and as a member of the University’s Ethics Commission, contributing to the upholding of standards of integrity, professional conduct, and academic ethics.

In the field of legal scholarship, he is the author and co-author of several seminal works in Romanian legal literature, including the monographs The Temporal Goods of the Church: The Legal Regime of Property Belonging to Religious Denominations (2011) and Canon Law (2013), as well as the volume International and Comparative Business Law (2015). He also co-authored, alongside Professor Liviu Pop, several volumes dedicated to principal real rights (drepturi reale principale). Furthermore, he published a significant number of studies and articles in specialized journals—focusing, in particular, on land registration (carte funciară), usufruct, and the relationship between civil and canonical legal norms.

Alongside his academic career, he enjoyed a prolific and highly regarded career as an attorney with the Cluj Bar, admirably bridging the gap between legal theory and top-tier professional practice.

His colleagues and students will cherish the memory of his vast legal erudition, his incisive analytical mind, the elegance of his arguments, his proverbial modesty, and his deep devotion to the Cluj School of Law.

May God forgive him and grant him eternal rest!