Dezbateri publice privind decretarea stării de asediu în România (1918-1933)
The Romanian-Hungarian Negotiations from Arad, in the Pages of Local Hungarian Newspapers

Summary/Abstract: After the First World War, emergency powers became an aspect of the everyday political life in Europe, Romania being among those countries where a banalization of the use of these powers took place. The centrality within the public space of the topics concerning the external and inner security of a country that doubled its territory after the world war, the social turmoil caused by economic difficulties, and the rise of radical political movements represented arguments for the state authorities to install the state of siege for long periods of time in interwar Romania. The study aims at analysing the public debates in Romania in a few key moments during the period from 1918-1933, in which the issuance of a legislation dealing with state of siege institutions caused heated disputes between those supporting and those opposing the use of emergency powers.

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