Development of the Constitution on which Romania adopted in 1991, after the fall of the communist regime was based on the model of the French Constitution. We consider appropriate to make a comparative analysis of how are organized the lower chambers of the legislatures of both countries. The...

The English word was apparently derived from the Latin accusative form (informationem) of the nominative (informatio): this noun is in its turn derived from the verb "informare" (to inform) in the sense of "to give form to the mind", "to discipline", "instruct", "teach": Inform itself comes (via...

In recent years, controversies have arisen in judicial practice related to the procedural position of insurance companies in criminal trials in terms of the repair of damages caused by insured defendants who have committed ofenses while driving on the public roads. Thus, initially, insurance...

The conservative Petre P. Carp became famous in Romania’s modern age in several ways: as a doctrinarian, as a diplomat and as a man of letters. However, he was also one of the most important lawmakers in small Romania and his legislative endeavour subscribed to the effort to modernise the...

Nowadays, state reform is a fundamental theme for public authorities and the civil society and its major goals are to reduce bureaucracy, to increase transparency in decision-making (democratisation) and to transfer competence toward local communities. All these political-economic targets come...

DNA became a valuable forensic tool in identifying the source of physical evidence left at a crime scene. The use of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in the mid-1980s was replaced by polymerase chain reaction methods, which required less high-molecular-weight DNA, were more...

The theory of imprevision represents the answer given by the doctrine and the case-law concerning the fate of the performance of the contract, therefore of having its essential effect desired by both parties in the context of the appearance of such situations, the theory being approached by...

European policy in research, technological development and space and European economic and social cohesion policy, governed by the Treaty of Lisbon, are of a great importance for European law and, consequently, for the standard of living of European citizens, because of the basic ideas it...

Approached within legal sciences, the oath entity has a pluridimensional institutional character, where various approaches are possible, both theoretical (including normative), and practical. The attempt to perceive the concept of oath in a traditional way, as an entity researchable through the...

An important aspect in the analysis of the successional reserve problem3 is represented by the establishment of the successional reserve and of the available quota. As a consequence, in the present paper the calculation of the successional reserve and of the available quota will be analysed,...