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The present study aims to analyze a problem that recently appeared in the criminal procedural practice considering the Decision No 250/2019 of the Constitutional Court by which the provisions of the first sentence of Article 377 (4) and Article 386 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code were assessed as constitutional only insofar as the court of law rules on the change of the legal classification given to the deed by the act of notification by a judgment that does not settle the merits of the case. By presenting a concrete case study, the opinions expressed in the doctrine and by practitioners, as well as the analysis of the grounds of the decision we will conclude on the applicability of the aforementioned decision at the time of analyzing the more favourable criminal law, whether the procedural institution of changing of the legal classification or that of the legal qualification is incidental, and whether it is necessary to rule on the more favourable criminal law by a separate conclusion. -
The content of the paper reveals the changes in the E.C.H.R. case law occurred in the matter of interrogation of the prosecution witnesses following the pronouncement of the judgments in the cases Al-Khawaja and Tahery v. the United Kingdom, respectively Schatschaschwili v. Germany. The author considers that by the two judgments E.C.H.R. has returned to each of the three conditions imposed by its own case -law for the use as evidence of „anonymous statements”, establishing the exact opposite of those estab lished by its previous case law on those conditions. At the same time, the author emphasizes that through the analyzed judgments E.C.H.R. has practically radically changed its case law outlined over more than 20 years. Next, it proceeds to the presentation of the grounds retained by the E.C.H.R. in the two cases, after which the author emphasizes the obvious contradictions existing between these grounds and those established by the E.C.H.R. on the same issues in previous cases. Finally, the author points out that, despite the contradictions and inconsistencies shown in this paper, presently the case law Al-Khawaja and Tahery – Schatschaschwili exclusively governs the conditions under which it is determined whether by using the „anonymous” or „unverified” statements it has been violated or not the procedural guarantee written down in Article 6 (3) d) of the Convention.
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Potrivit art. 335 alin. (1) C.pr.pen., dacă procurorul ierarhic superior celui care a dispus soluția constată, ulterior, că nu a existat împrejurarea pe care se întemeia clasarea, infirmă ordonanța și dispune redeschiderea urmăririi penale. Dispozițiile art. 317 se aplică în mod corespunzător. Conform art. 280 alin. (2) C.pr.pen., actele îndeplinite ulterior actului care a fost declarat nul sunt la rândul lor lovite de nulitate, atunci când există o legătură directă între acestea și actul declarat nul. Articolul 346 alin. (3) lit. a) C.pr.pen. prevede că judecătorul de cameră preliminară restituie cauza la parchet dacă rechizitoriul este neregulamentar întocmit, iar neregularitatea nu a fost remediată de procuror în termenul prevăzut la art. 345 alin. (3), dacă neregularitatea atrage imposibilitatea stabilirii obiectului sau limitelor judecății (cu notă aprobativă).
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The increase of the volume of regulations influences the activity of the companies and of the administrators, implying the risk of the latter being liable to the company for legally non-compliant business decisions. Part I of the study examines the legal regime of the obligation of the administrators to comply with the law and the implications of intentionally making business decisions contrary to the law. The conclusion is that the obligation to comply with the law can be seen as an independent obligation or explained through the doctrine ultra vires, but it can also be associated to the obligations of loyalty, good faith and diligence. Part II of the study analyzes whether there are potential exceptions that may justify the making of some legally non-compliant decisions and whether the liability of the administrators could be excluded or limited in certain situations. In principle, the making of profit, the attainment of other interests for the company or the ratification of the decision by the shareholders are not able to justify and exclude the liability of the administrators for making decisions contrary to the law. These decisions also exclude the application of some guarantees against liability, such as business judgment rule, the liability clauses and liability insurance. However, the social, economic and technological transformations accompanied by the inefficient legislation and by the phenomenon of regulatory entrepreneurship can provide sufficiently convincing arguments to change the paradigm in respect of the obligation of compliance. Although the proposed problems and solutions seem obvious, the study raises for discussion some aspects not addressed in the local doctrine, but which do not lack theoretical and practical importance.
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The violation of the rules of criminal law by a natural or legal person produces numerous consequences, both on the environment in which the offender lives and on his personality. Thus, criminal sanctions are applied to him with the purpose of preventing the commission of other deeds prohibited by the criminal law, but also of his re-education. However, the legislator, for reasons of criminal policy, has decided to regulate some situations that lead to saving the offender from the punishment provided by law. Among these situations are also the causes of impunity. The article aims to analyze the terminology used by the legislator in drafting cases of impunity and the repercussions that a misunderstanding thereof can have on the addressee of the criminal norm. For the elaboration of this article, doctrinal sources were used in which there have been defined causes of impunity and the moment in which they intervene, but also solutions found in the mandatory case law.
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The authors discuss a guideline given to the prosecutor’s offices through a Minutes of non-unitary practice concluded on 30.07.2020. The guideline refers to the way in which the legal classification must be made, in case of committing the deeds provided by Articles 2 and 3 of the Law No 143/2000 on preventing and combating illicit drug trafficking and consumption, in reference to the Decision No 3/2017 of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, in the case of international drug trafficking, when the act of bringing into or taking out from the country without right is committed in different circumstances of place and time. The authors, analyzing the given guideline, conclude that it is unrealistic.
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Faptul că în cuprinsul art. 6 și art. 7 din Legea nr. 193/2000 1 legiuitorul a reglementat efectele constatării caracterului abuziv al clauzelor contractuale, fie în sensul derulării în continuare a contractelor după anularea parțială a acestora, fie în sensul rezilierii, cu posibilitatea stabilirii răspunderii în forma daunelor-interese, nu poate fi considerat a semnifica inaplicabilitatea dispozițiilor Legii nr. 193/2000 contractelor ce nu se mai află în executare, urmare a rambursării anticipate. Nu este relevantă, sub aspectul aplicării Legii nr. 193/2000, împrejurarea că la data formulării acțiunii în constatarea nulității absolute a unor clauze contractuale contractele încheiate cu banca încetaseră, ca urmare a rambursării anticipate a creditelor, deoarece, în raport cu efectele sancțiunii nulității absolute, caracterul abuziv al unor clauze poate fi invocat oricând, iar nu doar în privința unui contract în derulare (Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție, Secția a II-a civilă, Decizia nr. 1987/2020, în „Buletinul jurisprudenței 2020”, p. 355 și urm.)
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Cum debitorul obligației de întreținere a executat în natură obligația, nu mai există temei pentru care el să fie ținut, ca pentru aceeași perioadă, să execute și prin plata sumei de bani stabilite prin hotărârea judecătorească, situație care se menține până când s-ar pune în executare hotărârea judecătorească prin care domiciliul minorei este stabilit la mamă, dată de când obligația ar deveni exigibilă. (Tribunalul Galați, Decizia civilă nr. 592 din 21 mai 2021, definitivă)
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La sfârșitul anului 1871 a fost creată „Societatea juridică” – cea dintâi societate juridică românească. În același an, joi, 16 decembrie, avea să vadă lumina tiparului primul număr al revistei „Dreptul” (la acea dată ziarul „Dreptulu”) – cea mai veche publicație juridică existentă în România zilelor noastre.
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The aggravation of the global ecological problems, including by multiplying and amplifying the effects of the acts of massive and sustainable destruction of the environment, as well as intensifying the concerns for its protection require also the increase of the contribution of the law, especially by strengthening the criminal response, by stressing the particularisation and increasing the efficiency of the measures adopted for this purpose. In expressing this tendency we are witnessing the emergence of a process of recognition and inclusion, thus, among international crimes, of the crime of ecocide, together with and in the potentiation of the meanings of the already existing one of genocide. It is perceived from a legal point of view and it is established in terms of action a new absolute value, that of the security of the planet. In this way, the concept of „crime against ecoumanity” is forged, opening new horizons for legal reflection and for relevant legal-administrative and judicial practice. As part of the effective approach, the definition of „ecocide” has a preliminary nature and it has already known relevant expressions. Among the latest projects of an international definition of ecocide it is distinguished that of the L. Neyret team (2015) and of the Stop Ecocid Foundation (2021). Their analysis, accelerated in the context of the absolute affirmation of the climate change, generates new concrete and doctrinal challenges, the expression of which is assumed as such.
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Almost 8 years after 1 February 2014, the day when the current Criminal Code entered into force, it seems to be a useful step to analyze how the principles of Romanian criminal law are reflected in this Code. Following the examination, we will find that some of the principles enjoy express consecration, such as the legality of incrimination or the legality of the criminal law sanctions, and others have different applications in the body of the Criminal Code or are deduced from the economy of the criminal provisions. In the present paper we will review the doctrinal conceptions regarding the principles of the criminal law and the way in which they are reflected in the current Criminal Code.
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This paper presents the author’s vision on the legal consequences of the implementation of a concept, the National Electronic File, which involves the electronic visualisation of the documents existing in a file pending before a court of law and the possibility of electronic communication of the procedural documents both from the litigant to the court and vice versa, from the court of law to the litigant. Starting from some principles, such as the facultative nature for the citizen and the mandatory nature for the public institutions to use this electronic mechanism, and taking into account regulations from the comparative law, the main directions for amending the codes of procedure are presented, in order to achieve a simpler, friendlier and, last but not least, more efficient justice.
