On the Causes of and Solutions to the Impasse of the Romanian Constitutional System Cover Image

Despre impasul sistemului constituţional românesc
On the Causes of and Solutions to the Impasse of the Romanian Constitutional System

Author(s): Dan Claudiu Dănişor
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Centrul de Studii Internationale
Keywords: constitutional revision; normative system; social cleavages; electoral system; separation of powers; autonomy of local communities

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes the normative inflation following the 1991 Constitution and its negative impact on the predictability of laws. It is argued that the lack of functionality of the constitutional system is not a result of the normative system as such, but rather of the political and social impulses which feed it. The latter include the lack of definite party ideologies, the absence of fundamental social cleavages polarizing the voters, ignorance among the latter and the parties of the fundamentals of democracy, the tendency to invest persons rather than structures with problem-solving abilities. The stability of the constitutional system is considered more important than any innovation in this field.

  • Issue Year: 5/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 9-17
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian