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The role of the notary public is very important in today’s society. Notary services must be performed in good faith, conscientiously and in compliance with all incidental legal norms. Moreover, the assessment made by the Constitutional Court that notaries public are public officials imposes a more rigorous selection on objective criteria, after some tests that may be organized at national level, also given the invalidation cases of locally organized competitions1. However, the notary public profession requires careful attention on behalf of the national guardianship authority in overseeing their careers, so that sanctions are to be imposed to those less prepared, or having reputation problems or incursions into committing criminal acts, and thus the Romanian notary system to be more reliable and increase its quality. -
The Union and the Member States shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union through measures to be taken in accordance with Art 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which shall act as a deterrent and be such as to afford effective protection in the Member States, and in all the Union’s institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. For this purpose, Member States shall coordinate their actions and shall organize, together with the Commission, a tight and constant cooperation between competent authorities and shall take measures to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests. Romania, by adopting Law No 78/2000 on preventing, discovering and sanctioning corruption acts, the Law No 161/2003 on regarding certain measures for ensuring transparent exercise of public dignities, positions and business transparency, by prevention and sanctioning corruption, the Law No 61/2011 on the fight against fraud department, Government Decision No 215/2012 on the National Strategy for 2012-2015 and other normative acts, has created the legal framework necessary for the protection of the European Union’s financial interests.
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The paper deals with the issue of using hypnosis techniques in crime investigations. The author examines the criminal procedure implications of using such a forensic technique with reference to national legislation and the EU regulations, not avoiding to examine the controversial aspects in the legal literature and jurisprudence; however, the author concludes that the expertise would seem more appropriate to allow the use of hypnosis technique, provided that a clear distinction between hearing a person under hypnosis and the expertise of its discourse under hypnosis is achieved.
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Prin noțiunea de preț serios, astfel cum prevãd dispozițiile art. 1303 C.civ. anterior (1864), se înțelege prețul care constituie o cauzã suficientã a obligației luate de vânzãtor de a transmite dreptul de proprietate asupra bunului ce formeazã obiectul vânzãrii.
