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Repere privind conceptul de constituție și procesul istoric de apariție a acesteia
Points of reference on the concept of constitution and the historical process of its appearance

Author(s): Andreea Ana-Maria Alexe
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Uniunea Juriștilor din România
Keywords: original constituent power; constitution; constitution-making waves; fraud to the constitution; revolution

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to identify the constituent moment, a moment when the manifestation of the original constituent power intervenes. While in case of the derived constituent power formal and material limits are pre-established, and the revision of the Constitution is an activity with a consistent procedural component, in case of the original constituent power an analysis of comparative law can identify ex ante which are the main moments when we can speak about the manifestation of the constituent power. These moments are closely related to different internal and international social events which took place in the historical evolution of a state, and these can be grouped into: constituent moments mainly determined by a revolution, by the change in the political regime or by the formation of a state. Thus, the main questions to which we seek to answer are: Which is the onset signal that will lead to the beginning of the constituent procedure? Is the new Constitution legitimate? Is the new Constitution the work of an original constituent power or of a derived constituent power?

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 112-130
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian