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Criminal Law in Romania: A Historical Perspective

Author(s): András Máté
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Romania; criminal justice; penal code; communist authority; constitutional state; human rights

Summary/Abstract: Romanian criminal justice has been born with the penal code in 1865, followed by a second legislative act in 1937, amended by the communist authorities in detriment of lawfulness. The penal code adopted in 1969 is in effect to this day, although in 2004 a new one has been adopted, without being put in force, and in 2009, the government tabled a new draft law to the parliament. The constitution from 1991 has already brought about a new interpretation of human rights and created the premises of the constitutional state in Romania. In recent years, Romanian legislation has also become a part of the process of the European synchronisation of rights.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 19-24
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian
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