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This article analyses the categories of incompatibilities of judges regulated by the Civil Procedure Code, since its initial publication in 2010 to the amendments brought by Law No 76/2012 implementing Law No 134/2010 on the Civil Procedure Code and to the version that resulted after the republication in August 2012. In the original version of the Civil Procedure Code distinction was not made between cases of incompatibility, but the effects thereof resulted in the existence of two categories: absolute and relative incompatibilities. Following amendments brought by Law implementing the Civil Procedure Code, this distinction seemed to be established in the legislation. Nevertheless, after the republication of the Civil Procedure Code, marginal titles suggest the existence of some cases of absolute incompatibility and other cases of absolute incompatibility, which does not correspond to the content of the respective texts since only cases referred to in Article 41 of the Civil Procedure Code are absolute, while those referred to in Article 42 of the Civil Procedure Code are relative. -
This paper provides a legal analysis of rules in the new (Romanian) Civil Procedure Code on ensuring a unitary judicial practice, i.e. the appeal in the interest of law and, respectively, the referral to the High Court of Cassation and Justice for a preliminary ruling on the settlement of matters of law. While the appeal in the interest of law existed also in the previous Civil Procedure Code, the referral to the High Court of Cassation and Justice is a new procedure, not regulated by the previous Civil Procedure Code.
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Verificarea respectării normelor de competență se realizează atât de instanța învestită cu judecarea litigiului, la cererea părților sau din oficiu, cât și pe calea controlului judiciar, de către instanțele superioare învestite cu judecarea căilor de atac. În acest din urmă caz, hotărârea instanței de control judiciar prin care se statuează cu privire la competența unei instanțe de a soluționa litigiul este obligatorie, atât timp cât aceasta este irevocabilă. -
Știința juridică românească din ultimii 60 de ani este marcată major de activitatea desfășurată de Institutul de Cercetări Juridice al Academiei Române (în continuare denumit ICJ sau Institutul). Într-adevăr, creat într-o anumită conjunctură istorică, acesta a reprezentat prima „instituționalizare” a acțiunii de cercetare științifică a dreptului în țara noastră, și-a cucerit rolul de „centru” național de desfășurare și coordonare în domeniu, iar prin performanțele și rezultatele obținute s-a manifestat ca lider absolut în materie, beneficiind de contribuția fondatoare a unor personalități remarcabile ale științei dreptului românesc, precum Traian Ionașcu, Vintilă Dongoroz, Mihail Eliescu, Salvador Brădeanu, Eugen A. Barasch, Petre Anca, Yolanda Eminescu ș.a.
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Prin Sentința penală nr. 2751/20121 a Judecătoriei Timișoara, Secția penală, definitivă prin Decizia penală nr. 233/R/20132 a Curții de Apel Timișoara, Secția penală, inculpatul M.N. a fost condamnat pentru săvârșirea infracțiunilor de nerespectare a regimului armelor și munițiilor prevăzută în art. 279 alin. 31 C.pen. și ultraj contra bunelor moravuri și tulburarea ordinii și liniștii publice prevăzută în art. 321 alin. 1 și alin. 2 C.pen., infracțiuni săvârșite în concurs ideal. (Curtea de Apel Timișoara, Secția penală, Decizia penală nr. 233/R din 19 februarie 2013)
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Given the fact that „the annual EU budget incurs losses over 500 million euros due to fraud”1 establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office in order to combat offences that affect the financial interests of the European Union is deemed as a necessity. The difficulty of conducting cross-border investigations by national judicial bodies and the deficiencies of the international judicial cooperation in criminal matters require the creation of such an authority with exclusive jurisdiction in conducting acts of criminal investigation, prosecution and bringing to justice of those who are guilty of committing specific offences that affect the financial interests of the European Union.
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Based on historical considerations this paper analyses the need for a codification in the area of contraventions and argues in its favour. Taking stock of current issues revealed by relevant legislation and case-law, concrete suggestions are made with regard to the structure and provisions of such a statutory instrument. The author appreciates that a vigorous doctrinal debate would be needed in order to identify the best legal options.
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The article presents the characteristics of the civil action in criminal proceedings, points out the active and passive subjects of the legal action, and concludes that the civil liability insurer may not be obliged, in criminal proceedings, either jointly with the defendant or directly, to pay civil compensations to victims of road traffic accidents.
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Granting the potential contribution period for establishing the invalidity pension of persons classified within the 1st or 2nd invalidity degree who have lost their capacity to work due to common illnesses or accidents, not related to work, is currently conditioned by the obligation to complete a contribution period „in relation to age, provided in Table No 3” of the Law No 263/2010. The author considers that this provision, laid down in Article 76 (1) of the Law No 263/2010 on the unitary system of public pensions (as revised through Law No 37/2013), is unconstitutional as it is contrary to considerations made by the Constitutional Court in its Decision No 680/2012.
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A systematic analysis of relevant provisions of Law No 554/2004 on administrative disputes, Civil Procedure Code and Law No 192/2006 on mediation and organisation of the profession of mediator takes the author of this paper to the firm conclusion that in administrative disputes regulated by Law No 554/2004 mediation shall not be applied, but only the prior procedure provided by Article 7 of the Law No 554/2004.
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This paper enumerates and analyses the main sources of the Romanian fiscal law.
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The author analyses some specific features of the claim for compensation brought by private persons injured by unlawful administrative acts of authority or by public authorities’ refusal to solve claims concerning rights and legitimate interests of citizens. The claim for compensation has an accessory and subsidiary character in relation to the main claim for the annulment of the administrative act of authority, the repair of the damage being conditioned by the annulment of the act or by the obligation of the public authority to solve the claim of the private person. The study points out that the accessoriality relationship between the claim for compensation and the main claim bears consequences with regard to the jurisdiction of administrative courts.
