Journal of Legal Studies and Research
type: channel
description: Legal Studies and Research First year of publication: 1956 Editor-in-Chief: Senior Researcher II, PhD Tudor AVRIGEANU Subject: Journal of Legal Sciences Type of publication: Scientific / Academic Frequency: Quarterly (No. 1: January–March; No. 2: April–June; No. 3: July–September; No. 4: October–December) Languages of publication: Romanian, English, French Publisher: Publishing House of the Romanian Academy ISSN: 2284-9394, ISSN-L: 2284-9394 (print) ISSN: 2972-211X, ISSN-L: 2284-5427 (online) Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.59277/SCJ Indexed in international databases: Erih Plus, CEEOL; EBSCO; HeinOnline Journal sponsored by: SC MEDIA MARKETING S.R.L. History "Studii şi Cercetări Juridice" (1956–1989); "Studii de Drept Românesc" – New Series (II) [October 1989 – December 2011, nos. 34–56]; "Studii şi Cercetări Juridice" – New Series (III), from January 2012 to the present. Website: www.rscj.ro Beginning with issue no. 1 (57) of 2012, the journal of the “Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” Institute of Legal Research of the Romanian Academy resumed its original title, Studii şi Cercetări Juridice (SCJ) (Third Series). Editorial Office Institute of Legal Research “Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” of the Romanian Academy Casa Academiei, Building B, 4th Floor 13 Septembrie Avenue no. 13, Sector 5, Bucharest Tel.: +40 21 318 81 30, ext. 2400 Fax: +40 21 318 24 53 E-mail: redactie@rscj.ro
publisher: Universul Juridic
language: en
publication name: Journal of Legal Studies and Research
issn: 2972-211X
items: IDENTITATE, MEMORIE ȘI CATHARSIS CONSTITUȚIONAL ÎN ROMÂNIA POSTCOMUNISTĂ – TOATE-S VECHI ȘI NOUĂ TOATE –
items: NECESITATEA UNEI REGLEMENTĂRI NAȚIONALE EFICIENTE A CONTESTAȚIEI PRIVIND DURATA PROCESULUI PENAL CONSECINȚĂ A MODIFICĂRILOR PRESCRIPȚIEI RĂSPUNDERII PENALE
items: VIITORUL ASIGURĂRILOR SOCIALE ÎN ROMÂNIA: ADAPTARE SISTEMICĂ ȘI REINVENTARE INSTITUȚIONALĂ
items: LEVIATHAN-UL BIZANTIN? DE LA „ACTUALITATEA LUI HOBBES” LA ÎNDREPTAREA LEGII
items: EXECUTAREA HOTĂRÂRILOR CEDO ÎN ROMÂNIA – IMPACT ȘI PROGRES CĂTRE STANDARDELE EUROPENE
items: EDITORIAL
items: ÎNCREDEREA LEGITIMĂ LA NIVEL LEGISLATIV
items: CODUL PENAL – 10 ANI DE LA INTRAREA ÎN VIGOARE: CONTROVERSE TEORETICE ȘI PRACTICE
items: ABORDAREA ROMÂNIEI PRIVIND ASIGURAREA REPREZENTĂRII JURIDICE A STATULUI ÎN PROCEDURILE DE INFRINGEMENT DECLANȘATE DE COMISIA EUROPEANĂ
items: RAȚIUNI ȘI TEMEIURI ALE APLICĂRII DREPTULUI UNIUNII EUROPENE DE CĂTRE PRACTICIENI
items: TRIMITERI PRELIMINARE ROMÂNEȘTI CARE REFLECTĂ RELAȚIA DINTRE DREPTUL UE ȘI IDENTITATEA NAȚIONALĂ
items: Alain BAUER, ABC de la Criminologie, ed a II-a les Editions du CERF, 2024, 300 p.
items: European Journal of Criminology, volumul 21, numărul 6 noiembrie 2024, ISSN 1477-3708, Editura Sage, 160 pag.
items: MODALITĂȚI DE EXPRIMARE A BUNEI-CREDINȚE ÎN DREPTUL CONTRACTUAL ROMAN
items: O.U.G. NR. 62/2024 – „LOVITURĂ DE TEATRU” SAU O EVOLUȚIE FIREASCĂ A MECANISMULUI DE UNIFICARE A PRACTICII JUDICIARE
items: COD PENAL ÎNTRE UTOPIE ȘI DISTOPIE. INDIVIDUALIZAREA PEDEPSEI
items: DENATURAREA REGIMULUI SEMIPREZIDENȚIAL PRIN INTERPRETAREA FRAUDULOASĂ A CONSTITUȚIEI VULNERABILIZEAZĂ CARACTERUL STATULUI ROMÂN CA STAT DE DREPT
items: CONTROVERSE PRIVITOARE LA STATUL DE DREPT INSTRUMENTALIZAREA POLITICĂ A CONCEPTELOR JURIDICE
items: PRINCIPIILE APLICABILE ADMINISTRAȚIEI PUBLICE, GARANȚIE A STATULUI DE DREPT
items: Editorial
items: In memoriam MARILENA ULIESCU
items: In memoriam VASILE STĂNESCU
items: Conferința de inaugurare a Institutului Național de Criminologie (14 decembrie 2018, București, Palatul Parlamentului
items: Iniţierea proiectului naţional Monumentele dreptului românesc vechi şi modern (27 martie 2019)
items: Colectiv (Coordonator V. Dorneanu, M. Krupinschi) Un sfert de secol de constituționalism, Editura Hamangiu, București, 2018, 289 p.
items: UN Environment. Environmental Rule of Law. First Global Report (Primatul dreptului mediului: o primă evaluare mondială), United Nations Environment Program, 2019
items: Romanitate – Modernitate – Românitate. Mircea Duţu, Ştiinţa dreptului şi cultura juridică în România, EAR, Bucureşti, 2018, 469 p.
items: Aspecte privind aplicarea Regulamentului nr. 679 din 2016 privind protecţia datelor cu caracter personal în România

IDENTITATE, MEMORIE ȘI CATHARSIS CONSTITUȚIONAL ÎN ROMÂNIA POSTCOMUNISTĂ – TOATE-S VECHI ȘI NOUĂ TOATE –
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description: The Romanian Constitution of 1991, born from the collective trauma of communism, can be seen as a moment of constitutional catharsis, namely an attempt at moral and symbolic purification through the founding act of a new democratic order. It is an expression of a transitional constitutionalism, in which the fear of recovering a repugnant past and the hope of a (more) free future are intertwined. However, between these two temporal poles, a national-identity tension is manifested, sometimes creative, sometimes conflicting, i.e., between ethnocentrism and liberalism. In such a context, the paper seeks to highlight the fact that the fundamental law, approached as a result of an emotional synthesis, i.e., a catharsis with deep historical roots, did not offer – and perhaps did not even intend to offer – a definitive answer to Romania's identity dilemma. On the contrary, its elaboration, as well as its very existence, opened an uninterrupted process of reflection and redefinition, a dialogue between the past and the future. Thus, the Constitution is a living text (which is good), but restless, a space of confrontation between the historical and ethnic roots of the nation and the ideals of liberal reason. In this tension, between memory and aspiration, between tradition and modernity, the course of post-communist Romania is still being shaped.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Constitutional Catharsis
  topic: keywords
subject: Constitutional Identity
  topic: keywords
subject: Constitutional Memory
  topic: keywords
subject: Liberalism
  topic: keywords
subject: Ethnocentrism
  topic: keywords
creator: Răzvan-Cosmin ROGHINĂ
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

NECESITATEA UNEI REGLEMENTĂRI NAȚIONALE EFICIENTE A CONTESTAȚIEI PRIVIND DURATA PROCESULUI PENAL CONSECINȚĂ A MODIFICĂRILOR PRESCRIPȚIEI RĂSPUNDERII PENALE
type: item
description: Although at least declarative, in a century of rapid progress and digitized procedures for access to justice, any national legislator would wish to avoid regulations that impose significant time-frames for resolving cases, since time-consuming judicial proceedings require financial support from a much broader spectrum of taxpayers than just those directly involved as litigants, we observe that courts are increasingly handling more complex cases, where a fair and equitable solution demands an investigation spanning considerable periods of time. Before 1989, under a regime where private property was not a recognized category in the domestic legislative framework, and disputes with a foreign element were truly exceptional, procedures did not require significant time-frames to reach a final verdict. However, the transition to an economy based on trade and free enterprise has necessitated substantial changes to procedural norms.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Procedures
  topic: keywords
subject: Reasonable Time
  topic: keywords
subject: Criminal Trial
  topic: keywords
subject: Statute of Limitations for Criminal Liability
  topic: keywords
creator: Versavia BRUTARU
creator: Raul-Alexandru NESTOR
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

VIITORUL ASIGURĂRILOR SOCIALE ÎN ROMÂNIA: ADAPTARE SISTEMICĂ ȘI REINVENTARE INSTITUȚIONALĂ
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description: This essay examines the impact of digital transformation on social insurance systems, in a context shaped by profound changes in labour markets and welfare state structures. The rise of platform work, freelancing, and the gig economy challenges the traditional contributory model, raising concerns about the sustainability and fairness of social protection. Risks of social exclusion, and the potential of technology to streamline benefit administration raise legislative dilemmas. A comparative analysis of selected European models suggests reform pathways aimed at enhancing the adaptability and resilience of social insurance systems in the digital age.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Social Insurance
  topic: keywords
subject: Platform Workers
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Labour
  topic: keywords
subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Protection
  topic: keywords
creator: Claudia-Ana MOARCĂȘ
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

LEVIATHAN-UL BIZANTIN? DE LA „ACTUALITATEA LUI HOBBES” LA ÎNDREPTAREA LEGII
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description: Starting from the debate in the 1930s on Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan (1651) and its apparent support to the totalitarian regimes during the 20th century, the following study analyses the defense of Hobbes by N. Iorga, according to whom Hobbes schuld rather be considered within Medieval political philosophy. While trying to understand the apparent reasons of such a qualification, we will follow the thought line of Iorga until the Recapitulation of Law (1652), advancing the hypothesisccording to which this last legislative monument from the Romanian Middle Ages can be considered as the answer given from within the Byzantine political-legal tradition both to the problem of religious wars in the 17th century, as well as to the epochal solution offered by Hobbes to these problem.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Thomas Hobbes
  topic: keywords
subject: Secularisation
  topic: keywords
subject: Byzantine Legal Tradition
  topic: keywords
subject: Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Religion
  topic: keywords
creator: Tudor AVRIGEANU
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

EXECUTAREA HOTĂRÂRILOR CEDO ÎN ROMÂNIA – IMPACT ȘI PROGRES CĂTRE STANDARDELE EUROPENE
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description: The enforcement of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights is a complex process, which may involve various state authorities and institutions, sometimes of long duration, but which is of particular importance for the consolidation of the rule of law by adopting the highest European standards in the most diverse areas. The enforcement process concerns both measures intended to restore the victim of the violation of rights to the situation in which he would have been if that violation had not occurred, but also general measures, which aim to prevent similar violations in the future. The latter measures may concern systemic problems, complex problems, the resolution of which requires sustained effort and considerable resources, as well as time to consolidate substantial reforms.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Enforcement Process
  topic: keywords
subject: Reform
  topic: keywords
subject: Rule of Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Complex and Structural Issues
  topic: keywords
subject: Enforcement Supervision.
  topic: keywords
creator: Oana-Florentina EZER
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

EDITORIAL
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description: Aşa cum anunţam anterior, în Dosarul din acest număr continuăm să publicăm textele intervenţiilor susţinute la Conferinţa Institutului de Cercetări Juridice „Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” din 14 martie, având ca temă raportul dintre Gândirea juridică românească şi proiectul european. Din păcate, până la închiderea numărului nu am primit textul intervenţiei domnului prof. univ. dr. Sebastian Răduleţu, pe care sperăm totuşi să-l putem publica într-unul dintre numerele viitoare ale revistei noastre, iar în acest fel – malum non potest totaliter consumere bonum – discuţia începută la Conferinţă să continue în aceste pagini pentru o perioadă mai lungă decât fusese prevăzut iniţial. Astfel stând lucrurile, am putea spune că cele două intervenţii rămase în Dosar se situează din mai multe puncte de vedere, la extremităţi, opuse ale spectrului tematic, astfel încât cititorul grăbit s-ar putea întreba ce anume ar putea avea în comun un studiu amănunţit şi cât se poate de tehnic dedicat aspectelor punerii în executare a hotărârilor CEDO în România, pe de o parte, şi o încercare de a aduce împreună idei a căror legătură nu este nici ea la prima vedere clară: ce pot avea în comun Leviathan-ul lui Thomas Hobbes (1651), Îndreptarea Legii (1652) şi Convenţia Europeană a Drepturilor Omului (1950) dincolo de situarea lor în diferite contexte istorice pe o linie imaginară a istoriei politico-juridice a Europei? Cititorul extrem de atent, ar putea evidenţia faptul că aici cuvântul „Europa” ar trebui luat în serios ca atare şi nu considerat un echivalent semantic pentru „Uniunea Europeană” (aşa cum adeseori se întâmplă), observând – fapt într-adevăr remarcabil – că această din urmă sintagmă nu apare menţionată explicit în niciunul dintre cele două studii. Există aşadar o identitate politico-juridică a „Europei” care trebuie luată în considerare în mod distinct, eventual înainte de a proceda la stabilirea identităţii politico-juridice a „Uniunii Europene”? Cititorul cu o memorie bună îşi va am…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
creator: Tudor AVRIGEANU
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

NECESITATEA UNEI REGLEMENTĂRI NAȚIONALE EFICIENTE A CONTESTAȚIEI PRIVIND DURATA PROCESULUI PENAL CONSECINȚĂ A MODIFICĂRILOR PRESCRIPȚIEI RĂSPUNDERII PENALE
type: item
description: Although at least declarative, in a century of rapid progress and digitized procedures for access to justice, any national legislator would wish to avoid regulations that impose significant time-frames for resolving cases, since time-consuming judicial proceedings require financial support from a much broader spectrum of taxpayers than just those directly involved as litigants, we observe that courts are increasingly handling more complex cases, where a fair and equitable solution demands an investigation spanning considerable periods of time. Before 1989, under a regime where private property was not a recognized category in the domestic legislative framework, and disputes with a foreign element were truly exceptional, procedures did not require significant time-frames to reach a final verdict. However, the transition to an economy based on trade and free enterprise has necessitated substantial changes to procedural norms.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Procedures
  topic: keywords
subject: Reasonable Time
  topic: keywords
subject: Criminal Trial
  topic: keywords
subject: Statute of Limitations for Criminal Liability
  topic: keywords
creator: Versavia BRUTARU
creator: Raul-Alexandru NESTOR
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

ÎNCREDEREA LEGITIMĂ LA NIVEL LEGISLATIV
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description: It is widely acknowledged that the state holds a dominant position in shaping its fiscal policy. Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that this authority should not be regarded as having an absolute character. In the past few years, the principle of protecting legitimate expectations has emerged as a counterforce to prevent the implementation of arbitrary and discretionary measures. The above principle embodies the general requirement of predictability in the legal system and, increasingly, in the context of untimely changes in tax law. This paper underscores the profound significance of 'legitimate expectations' in tax law, particularly in the context of the national fiscal legislature. It also highlights the significant and influential role of our audience in understanding and applying this principle. Our study, in pursuit of its stated aim, will delve into the practical implications of 'legitimate expectations' that influence the decision-making process at the legislative level. By examining concrete examples and the specific content of the principle of protection of legitimate expectations in tax law, we will bring to light the real-world applications of this principle, thereby informing and preparing legal scholars, tax law practitioners, and policymakers for its use.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Tax Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Predictability
  topic: keywords
subject: Revocation
  topic: keywords
subject: Stability
  topic: keywords
subject: Trust
  topic: keywords
subject: Legitimate Expectation
  topic: keywords
creator: Daniela CONSTANTIN-VOROVENCI
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

CODUL PENAL – 10 ANI DE LA INTRAREA ÎN VIGOARE: CONTROVERSE TEORETICE ȘI PRACTICE
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description: The Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code have been in force for more than ten years, bringing a series of substantial changes to the entire criminal law system. In a recent study, we showed that the principles and vision on which they were based have been lost along the way, as recent years have been marked by a real avalanche of changes that increasingly distance themselves from the legislator’s initial vision. This scientific approach aims to analyze some of these changes, considering that the multitude does not allow for analysis to be carried out only during one study. We aim to observe and emphasize whether the amending normative acts of the last two years correspond to the requirement of normative coherence, the symmetry of some regulations, as well as the ability to ensure the predictable nature of the act of justice and respect for the margin of appreciation of judges. This concerns the reconfiguration of some normative types, the criminalization of new acts, but also the sanctioning regime that tends to return to the period prior to the entry into force of the Criminal Code. The legislative amendments in question also raise the issue of criminal repression, as an exclusive attribute of criminal policy, in the sense of the legal nature, the type of criminal sanction and its scope and which should be determined and limited, considering the fundamental rights of the person as an essential element of the act of justice in any democratic society.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Criminal Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Criminal Code
  topic: keywords
subject: Incrimination
  topic: keywords
subject: Criminal Norm
  topic: keywords
subject: Sanctioning Regime
  topic: keywords
creator: Nicoleta-Elena HEGHEȘ
creator: Simona FRANGULOIU
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

ABORDAREA ROMÂNIEI PRIVIND ASIGURAREA REPREZENTĂRII JURIDICE A STATULUI ÎN PROCEDURILE DE INFRINGEMENT DECLANȘATE DE COMISIA EUROPEANĂ
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description: The paper presents the characteristics of Romania’s approach to ensuring legal representation of the state in infringement proceedings, emphasizing the importance of managing the pre-litigation and litigation stages in an integrated manner. It analyses concrete results, relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as best practices that contribute to reducing the risk of referrals to the Court and of financial penalties being applied in such proceedings.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Infringement Proceedings
  topic: keywords
creator: Roberta ANTONIE
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

RAȚIUNI ȘI TEMEIURI ALE APLICĂRII DREPTULUI UNIUNII EUROPENE DE CĂTRE PRACTICIENI
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description: The article analyzes the foundations and reasons for the application of European Union law by legal practitioners, but not only by them. It highlights the specificity of EU law, which is integrated into the national legal order and takes precedence over domestic law in the event of a conflict. It also presents the legal grounds for its application – the principles of primacy and direct effect or direct applicability – as well as the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in shaping these principles governing EU law. The entire approach emphasizes the importance of legal practitioners (arbitrators, lawyers, legal advisors, diplomats, bailiffs, public officials, judges, mediators, notaries, insolvency practitioners, among others) in ensuring the uniform application of EU rules, thereby guaranteeing the protection of citizens’ rights and the proper functioning of the internal market. At the same time, it analyzes the practical challenges and the need for continuous training to ensure the coherent integration of European Union law into national legal practice.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: European Union Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Direct
  topic: keywords
subject: Immediate and Primary Application
  topic: keywords
subject: Direct Effect
  topic: keywords
subject: Legal Practitioners
  topic: keywords
subject: Arguments and Justifications
  topic: keywords
subject: Court of Justice of the European Union
  topic: keywords
creator: Augustin FUEREA
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

TRIMITERI PRELIMINARE ROMÂNEȘTI CARE REFLECTĂ RELAȚIA DINTRE DREPTUL UE ȘI IDENTITATEA NAȚIONALĂ
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description: No provision of Union law imposes a precise constitutional model on Member States. Under Article 4(2) TEU, the Union respects the national identity of Member States, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional. However, in choosing their constitutional models, Member States may not undermine the common values enshrined in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Preliminary Rulings
  topic: keywords
subject: Court of Justice of the EU
  topic: keywords
subject: National Identity of Member States
  topic: keywords
subject: Common Values Provided by the Treaties
  topic: keywords
subject: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
  topic: keywords
creator: Octavia SPINEANU-MATEI
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

EDITORIAL
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description: Pe data de 14 martie 2025, Institutul de Cercetări Juridice „Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” a organizat la sediul central al Academiei Române un dublu eveniment constând într-o conferinţă cu tema Gândirea juridică românescă şi proiectul european şi în lansarea unui volumului de studii vizând Dimensiuni ale gândirii juridice românești în context european. Alăturarea celor două evenimente în cadrul unei singure manifestări a pornit de la ideea complementarităţii lor: în vreme ce studiile din cuprinsul volumului, provenind de la cercetători titulari şi asociaţi ai Institutului, au accentuat mai ales dimensiunea doctrinară a modului specific în care gândirea juridică românească a participat la formarea a ceea ce am numi parafrazând titlul renumitei lucrări a lui Rudolf von Jhering diferitele trepte de evoluţie a spiritului dreptului din Europa, lucrările conferinţei au privilegiat dimensiunea jurisprudenţială a participării aceleiaşi gândiri juridice româneşti la evoluţiile instituţionale europene, anume prin intermediul practicienilor dreptului, formaţi intelectual în România şi activi în mod nemijlocit în practica juridică a Uniunii Europene şi a Curţii Europene a Drepturilor Omului. Parafrazând o formulare a aceluiaşi Jhering dintr-o lucrare (mai puţin cunoscută, însă deosebit de actuală) consacrată raportului dintre drept şi ştiinţă, am putea spune că şi pe plan european, practica dreptului este cea care prin soluţiile sale particulare deschide drumul rezolvării teoretice a problemelor de drept, urmată fiind de o teorie în stare să desprindă din aceste soluţii prin abstractizare (precum inventarea lui ius în vechea Romă) un concept care, pe urmele lui Savigny şi Hegel, să poată fi deopotrivă universal şi concret. Consacrând Dosarul tematic din numărul de faţă şi din cel următor intervenţiilor susţinute în cadrul acestei conferinţe, revista „Studii şi Cercetări Juridice” îi invită pe cititorii jurişti români să parcurgă la rândul lor prin propria reflecţie acest drum alătur…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
creator: Tudor AVRIGEANU
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19

Alain BAUER, ABC de la Criminologie, ed a II-a les Editions du CERF, 2024, 300 p.
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description: Alain Bauer este un renumit criminolog francez contemporan, profesor titular al Catedrei de Criminologie la Conservatorul Național de Arte și Meserii (din 2009), director al masteratului în Științe Penale și Criminologie, director științific și vicepreședinte al Consiliului Științific al Centrului de Securitate a Apărării al Conservatorului Naţional de Arte şi Meserii. Este, de asemenea, Senior Research Fellow la Centrul de Terorism de la John Jay College of Criminal Justice din New York (Statele Unite) și la Universitatea de Drept și Științe Politice Chineze din Beijing. De asemenea, este profesor asociat la Universitatea Fudan din Shanghai, dar și titular al Catedrei de Poliție și Științe Criminale a MBA-ului Specializat în Managementul Securității (Paris II, HEC, EOGN). Deopotrivă, acesta este și editor al Revistei Internaționale de Criminologie, membru al Comitetului Editorial al PRISM (National Defense University Washington), membru al Comitetului Științific al Revistei Franceze de Criminologie și Drept Penal (Paris). Această lucrare este a doua ediție, prima fiind din 2016. Încă de la începutul acestei lucrări, ne anunță care este scopul volumului, dar și modul în care a structurat materialul. Așadar, în prima parte, autorul oferă o panoramă epistemologică și contextuală a criminologiei. Partea a doua se prezintă ca un dicționar de termeni criminologici, considerați esențiali, prezentați în ordine alfabetică.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
creator: Aura PREDA
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 125
ending page: 135

European Journal of Criminology, volumul 21, numărul 6 noiembrie 2024, ISSN 1477-3708, Editura Sage, 160 pag.
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description: Alături de Editura Sage, Societatea Europeană de Criminologie continuă o tradiție valoroasă prin publicarea a șase numere pe an pentru revista European Journal of Criminology. Aceasta reușește să reunească în filele sale rezultatele unor echipe de cercetători sau ale unor autori individuali din mai multe ramuri foarte bine conexate: criminologie, victimologie și penologie/drept execuțional penal. În ceea ce privește cuprinsul acestui număr, redăm pentru început titlurile lucrărilor și numele autorilor, pentru a le analiza în ordine cronologică, ulterior. Articolele din numărul curent sunt : 1. Estimarea efectului de incapacitate în rândul infractorilor încarcerați pentru prima dată, autor Enes Al Wewasi; 2. Amenințarea imigranților, percepția de nesiguranță și articularea politică a imigrației și multiculturalismului în țările europene, autori Laisa F. Abreu Rivera și Sylwia J. Piatkowska; 3. Factorii de risc și de protecție pentru intrarea în grupuri criminale organizate și asocierea lor cu diferite mecanisme de intrare: o revizuire sistematică folosind ASReview, autori Ida Adamse, Veroni Eichelsheim, Arjan Blokland și Linda Schoonmade; 4. Explorarea factorilor care influențează statutul schemei de stimulente ale închisorii în rândul bărbaților adulți: un studiu longitudinal prospectiv, autori Michelle Butler, Catherine B. McNamee și Dominic Kelly; 5. În lumea alunecoasă a traficului de anghile de sticlă: lecții învățate din Spania pentru a preveni comerțul ilegal cu anghile europene, autor Monica Pons-Hernandez. 6. Punitivitatea societății și politica penală în șase țări din Europa Centrală, autori Paweł Ostaszewski, Andrzej Uhl, Katarzyna Witkowska-Rozpara și Dagmara Woźniakowska.
subject: Articles
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creator: Aura PREDA
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 117
ending page: 124

MODALITĂȚI DE EXPRIMARE A BUNEI-CREDINȚE ÎN DREPTUL CONTRACTUAL ROMAN
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description: Good faith is an advanced concept of legal technique, which highlights the relationship between law, morality and religion. Although in ancient times law was strongly influenced by religion, the express manifestation of good faith in contractual relations was not necessary, because it was known that heads of families, as priests of the family cult, could not commit acts outside of religion and morality. At the beginning of ancient times, legal acts were rare, and the Romans, having no legal experience, did not know the principles of the real will of the parties and good faith. However, the development of society required the participation of more people in legal relations, including sons of the family and foreigners. The former had access to civil law acts and were under the authority of the sons of the family, unlike the latter, who could not do this. Therefore, the co-contractors no longer had, in full, the guarantee of the morality of the heads of families. The problem was solved by creating contracts and actions of good faith, which had the effect of enshrining the principle of the real will of the parties and contributed to the development of "Roman business law".
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Bona Fides
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subject: Strict Law Contracts
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subject: Strict Law Actions
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subject: Good Faith Contracts
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subject: Good Faith Actions.
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creator: Ionut CIUTACU
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 109
ending page: 115

O.U.G. NR. 62/2024 – „LOVITURĂ DE TEATRU” SAU O EVOLUȚIE FIREASCĂ A MECANISMULUI DE UNIFICARE A PRACTICII JUDICIARE
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description: At the national level, under art. 126 para. (3) of the Romanian Constitution, the mechanism of prior notification is regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure, with clear, precise rules and with general applicability. Nevertheless, the legislator understood through the GEO no. 62/2024, to regulate a derogatory regime for certain categories of disputes, as well as the referral procedure, expressly detailed therein. The present material aims to reveal the importance that the legislator must attach, firstly, to the establishment of an objective reality, secondly, to focus on precisely regulating all the elements necessary to conduct a process and, thirdly, to draw attention to the fact that the excessive use of the regulation of legal norms, which make the prerogative of organic laws employing an emergency ordinance, in particular, when the intrinsic and extrinsic conditions for such regulation are not met, do nothing but undermines the sovereign justice of law and the virtues on which it is built. As a result of researching the arguments and results brought by the doctrine and jurisprudence, regarding, on the one hand, the mechanism of prior notification and, on the other hand, the role of the judge in the correct and uniform interpretation and application of the law, we concluded that the solution adopted by the legislator through art. 2 of GEO no. 62/2024 is not an optimal way to achieve the desired goal used by it, namely "the administration of justice equally and ensuring equality before the law, as well as on socio-economic relations", but, at most, a temporary solution for the protection of budget funds, this regulation representing the proper instrument for limiting the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Law
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subject: Rule of Law
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subject: Legislator
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subject: Role of The Judge
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subject: Interpretation
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subject: Legal Certainty
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subject: Legitimate Expectation
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subject: Access to Justice
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subject: Predictability
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subject: Unification of Practice
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creator: Daniela CONSTANTIN-VOROVENCI
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 93
ending page: 107

COD PENAL ÎNTRE UTOPIE ȘI DISTOPIE. INDIVIDUALIZAREA PEDEPSEI
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description: The utopia in the matter of the individualization of punishment is related to the desires that society always links to a new code, to reduce the number and severity of crimes, to reduce the severity of the violation of the victims' rights. The dystopia comes from the way some related provisions have been interpreted or applied, from the differences between the purpose of the law and its implementation. The content of the analysis, however, is not polemical. It brings out the living law meaning of jurisprudence, as well as the importance of defense arguments in a criminal trial. The current penal code, like any other previous penal code, is interpreted by those who apply it or ensure its constitutional consistency, which allows the application of legal texts for a long period of time, without legislative interventions. The arguments for the present analysis assume that we have a solid base in the current code to evolve from. Law evolves through questions and answers. Through the questions sometimes raised in the courtroom, sometimes asked to ourselves, through the answers given in the court decisions or through the answers given through the decisions of the constitutional court of Romania, or the Strasbourg Court or the Luxembourg Court. In drafting legal texts from the special part of the criminal code, or the rules of the criminal procedure code or special laws, it would be required, in order to give the same legal efficiency, to use the notions or expressions from the general part of the criminal code, to the notions/expressions/terminology of the general part are repeated in the special part, if the meaning of the terms is to be consistent. However, the legislator does not always use the same technique, as it would seem obvious, so it is up to the interpretation to determine whether the terminological differences lead to divergent or convergent criminal policy solutions to those established in the general part of the criminal code.
subject: Articles
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subject: The Individualization of Punishment
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subject: Law Implementation
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subject: Criminal Code
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subject: Law Interpretation
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creator: Lavinia-Valeria LEFTERACHE
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 77
ending page: 91

DENATURAREA REGIMULUI SEMIPREZIDENȚIAL PRIN INTERPRETAREA FRAUDULOASĂ A CONSTITUȚIEI VULNERABILIZEAZĂ CARACTERUL STATULUI ROMÂN CA STAT DE DREPT
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description: In this article, the author analyzes the 1991 Constituent Assembly's choice of the semi-presidential republic as Romania's form of government after the collapse of the political regime established by the socialist Constitution of 1965 and examines this type of republic in the political context of the country's transition from an authoritarian, hypercentralized system to a democratic system based on the liberal principles and values of the rule of law. The author points out that during the evolution of the semi-presidential regime, it was deformed and distorted in political practice, in particular by Presidents Traian Băsescu and Klaus Werner Iohannis, and that the regime as such became, in some phases, a quasi-presidential, even authoritarian regime, in terms of exercising certain prerogatives of the President of the Republic. This distortion of the semi-presidential republic, contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution, has been facilitated by several decisions and rulings of the Constitutional Court, which has given some erroneous interpretations of certain constitutional texts in order to impose, in this way, in a generally binding manner, the arbitrary will of the President in certain areas of his activity.
subject: Articles
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subject: Rule of Law
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subject: Constituent Assembly
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subject: Semi-presidential Political Regime
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subject: Parliamentary Regime
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subject: President of Romania
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subject: Powers of the President of Romania
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subject: Constitutional Fraud; Constitutional Court
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creator: Cristian IONESCU
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date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 57
ending page: 75

CONTROVERSE PRIVITOARE LA STATUL DE DREPT INSTRUMENTALIZAREA POLITICĂ A CONCEPTELOR JURIDICE
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description: The concept of the Rechtsstaat has been defined from very different perspectives: that of liberal constitutionalism (Robert von Mohl), of a judicial elite (Otto Bähr), of the ethos of Prussian civil servants (Rudolf von Gneist) or of conservative idealism (Friedrich Julius Stahl). Essentially, the concept revolves around a liberal core of ideas, which leads most political doctrines to integrate it into their own discourse and to use it in any state-building project. It is for this reason that totalitarian conceptions have manifested an ostensible hostility towards it, especially in the case of Marxism. Like the separation of powers or citizens' rights (whose "bourgeois" individualist character is conspicuously emphasized), Marxist doctrines have not been receptive to the concept of the Rechtsstaat/rule of law. Curiously, the position of National Socialist authors has not been so consistent. There have been approaches from the perspective of a "national-socialist Rechtsstaat" or a "people's rule of law" (völkischer Rechtsstaat). Authors who are more sensitive to nuances (Carl Schmitt) have, however, rejected these attempts to "acclimatize" a concept irreversibly tainted by the stigma of liberalism. The liberal core - as well as the quasi-unanimous attractiveness - of the concept lies not least in the illusion of suspending or eluding the political element, especially if we perceive the latter from a Schmittian perspective as a polarization of friend-enemy relations. The unavoidably political goals of the state community are relegated to the background, without being denied completely, in favor of emphasizing the ways of achieving them, on which there could be a broad consensus, even among political adversaries. This temporarily political truce produced by the consensus on the ways of realizing political projects on the basis of unanimously accepted forms and procedures is in its essence provisional and lasts only as long as all political actors believe that they have…
subject: Articles
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subject: Rechtsstaat
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subject: Evolution of The Concept
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subject: Rule of Law
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subject: Liberalism
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subject: Democracy
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creator: Dan BĂLAN
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date: 2025-12-19
publication date: 2025-12-19
starting page: 41
ending page: 56

PRINCIPIILE APLICABILE ADMINISTRAȚIEI PUBLICE, GARANȚIE A STATULUI DE DREPT
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description: The study begins with an analysis of the notion of principle from the perspective of the general theory of law. The general principles of law established by authors of the general theory of law are mentioned. The main objective of the study is the presentation and analysis of the principles applicable to public administration. Some of these principles are specified by the Constitution. The Administrative Code contains a list of general principles applicable to public administration with some synthetic definitions. Also, in each part of the Administrative Code are provided specific principles. In the part dedicated to local public administration, both the specific principles regarding the organization and functioning of local authorities and the principles of the decentralization process are provided. In the part dedicated to public property are provided the specific principles applicable to the public property right. The principles applicable to the professional conduct of civil servants and contractual staff in the administration are presented and defined in the part regarding the administration staff. The principles regardind the exercise of public function are specified separately. In the part regarding the administrative liability, the principles specific are provided and defined. Finally, in the part on public services, the specific principles applicable to public services are specified and defined. The most important principles are stipulated in the Romanian Constitution.
subject: Articles
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subject: Principle
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subject: State of Law
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subject: Definition
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subject: Administrative Code
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subject: Public Administration
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creator: Dana APOSTOL TOFAN
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-12-18
publication date: 2025-12-18
starting page: 9
ending page: 31

Editorial
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description: Este în natura lucrurilor ca o publicaţie periodică să procedeze, din timp în timp, la anumite schimbări, ca răspuns la aşteptările legitime ale cititorilor săi ori chiar anticipând asemenea aşteptări, în urma transformărilor survenite în lumea în care aceşti cititori se regăsesc, împreună cu autorii, redactorii şi editorii publicaţiei. Pentru o revistă academică intitulată Studii şi Cercetări Juridice, editată de Institutul de Cercetări Juridice al Academiei Române începând din 1956 şi care se pregăteşte la rândul său de celebrarea celor şapte decenii de existenţă pe care Institutul le-a numărat în 2024, aceste modificări sunt legate de misiunea specifică prin care se justifică existenţa unei asemenea publicaţii şi care constă în încercarea de a cuprinde în elaborări conceptuale spiritul acestei lumi şi al propriului ei timp. Deopotrivă temerară şi imperioasă, o asemenea încercare nu poate fi în niciun fel însoţită de garanţii de succes, însă chiar şi numai simpla posibilitate a succesului – cel mult vremelnic, aşa cum istoria gândirii juridice o arată cu prisosinţă – presupune îndeplinirea unor condiţii de formă şi fond care trebuie la rândul lor adaptate din timp în timp aceluiaşi spirit.
subject: Articles
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creator: Tudor Avrigeanu
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date: 2025-12-18
publication date: 2025-12-18
starting page: 7
ending page: 8

In memoriam MARILENA ULIESCU
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subject: Articles
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creator: Bogdan Pătraşcu
creator: Mihaela Berindei
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date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 145
ending page: 146

In memoriam VASILE STĂNESCU
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subject: Articles
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creator: Ion Ifrim
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date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 137
ending page: 144

Conferința de inaugurare a Institutului Național de Criminologie (14 decembrie 2018, București, Palatul Parlamentului
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subject: Articles
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creator: Ion Ifrim
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 133
ending page: 136

Iniţierea proiectului naţional Monumentele dreptului românesc vechi şi modern (27 martie 2019)
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subject: Articles
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creator: Andrei Duţu-Buzura
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date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 127
ending page: 132

Colectiv (Coordonator V. Dorneanu, M. Krupinschi) Un sfert de secol de constituționalism, Editura Hamangiu, București, 2018, 289 p.
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subject: Articles
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creator: Alexandrina Şerban
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date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 123
ending page: 126

UN Environment. Environmental Rule of Law. First Global Report (Primatul dreptului mediului: o primă evaluare mondială), United Nations Environment Program, 2019
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subject: Articles
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creator: Andrei Duţu
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date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 115
ending page: 122

Romanitate – Modernitate – Românitate. Mircea Duţu, Ştiinţa dreptului şi cultura juridică în România, EAR, Bucureşti, 2018, 469 p.
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subject: Articles
  topic: section
creator: Tudor Avrigeanu
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date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 99
ending page: 114

Aspecte privind aplicarea Regulamentului nr. 679 din 2016 privind protecţia datelor cu caracter personal în România
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description: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the normative act that determines the publication of books and articles and the realization of scientific events. The present material is a state of the art in the field of personal data protection in Romania, an evaluation conducted in order to continue and open some researches elaborated both from the perspective of their purpose and the implication of the fundamental research.
subject: Articles
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subject: Regulation 2016/679/EU; data protection; fundamental research; case law; Romania.
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creator: Daniel-Mihail Şandru
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Legal Studies and Research
date: 2025-09-30
publication date: 2025-09-30
starting page: 81
ending page: 98