In this article, the author examines the crime of treason by giving aid to the enemy both in terms of the current Criminal Code and in light of the new Criminal Code, pointing out, where appropriate, the main similarities and differences between the two regulations.

International treaties on human rights are, in relation to the common law, the most important human rights source of international law. In terms of geography, the international treaties under the cited matter are divided into treaties with universal vocation (UN system) and regional international treaties (European regional level, Inter-American, African and so on). In this study, the author refers to the specificity of the conventional sources within the Inter-American and African system, the Arab and Islamic world and within the CIS area.

1. ALEXE, IRINA – Aspecte privind mobilitatea înalților funcționari publici reflectate de jurisprudenþa instanțelor din România, în „Revista de drept public” nr. 1-2/2012, p. 90-102. Autoarea, în urma analizei reglementãrilor în vigoare și a jurisprudenței în domeniu, face urmãtoarea propunere de lege ferenda: se apreciazã ca fiind judicioasã introducerea formulãrii “principiul mobilitãții”, cu consecințele de rigoare, în primul rând aceea de a stabili un cadru programat întemeiat pe criterii clare și coerente în aplicarea principiului mobilitãții.

Recent legislative interventions have brought important innovations on mediation, and one of them has promoted the sanction of dismissing the claim as inadmissible in case of claimant’s failure to observe the obligation to participate in the briefing on the advantages of mediation. The author determines the conditions for applying this procedural sanction, which he considers extremely severe and even excessive. Inadmissibility for not participating in the briefing is being also examined in the light of the provisions of art. 21 of the Romanian Constitution, regarding the free access to justice and the provisions of art. 6 of the (European) Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Secondly, the author notes that the sanction of inadmissibility applies only to the claimant. He believes, however, that the respondent may be subject to a judicial fine should he/she fail to appear in the briefing, according to Art. 187 item 1 letter f) of the new (Romanian) Code of Civil Procedure entered into force on February 15, 2013.

Pursuant to the entry into force of the Civil Code (Law no. 287/2009, republished) on October 1, 2011, which repealed the Family Code, has also duly amended Law no. 119/1996 on Civil status documents, republished, and also the entry into force of Law no. 134/2010 on the Code of Civil Procedure, republished, the author examines in this study the legal provisions relating to dissolution of marriage by divorce through court proceedings, making several references to the courts ? recent relevant case law. Thus, this study examines the legal provisions regulated by Articles 373-374 and Articles 379-381 of the Civil Code and Articles 914-934 of the new Code of Civil Procedure.

The purpose of this article is to assess the crime of violation of the secret of correspondence from the perspective of the New Penal Code of Romania. While taking into consideration the guidelines emerging from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, the author separately analyses the constituent elements of this crime, emphasizing on certain issues generated by the case records of the Romanian courts of law. De lege ferenda proposals are also advanced for the purpose of emendating the system of penal protection of a person’s right to freedom of communication.