The role of the Decisions of the Constitutional Court of Romania and of the High Court of Cassation and Justice in consolidating the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure Cover Image

Rolul Deciziilor Curții Constituționale a României și ale Înaltei Curți de Casație și Justiție în consolidarea Codului penal și a Codului de procedură penală
The role of the Decisions of the Constitutional Court of Romania and of the High Court of Cassation and Justice in consolidating the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure

Author(s): Vasile Băiculescu
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Universul Juridic
Keywords: Constitutional Court; High Court of Cassation and Justice; Mandatory rulings;
Summary/Abstract: The article is based on the idea that the rulings of the Constitutional Court are governed by the principle of the supremacy of the Constitution, a principle which is an indisputable result of art. 1 para. (5) and art. 16, para (2) of the Constitution. As a result of said principle and the fact that the Constitution is at the very top of the piramid of sources of law, fundamental law exhibits an indisputable hegemony over all the formal sources of law, setting both principles and basic directions.