REFLECŢII ÎN LEGÃTURÃ CU ÎNCEPUTURILE REGIMULUI PARLAMENTAR ÎN ROMÂNIA MODERNÃ, ÎNTRE TRANSPLANT CONSTITUŢIONAL ŞI AUTORITARISM REGAL (1866–1914)

In this study the author develops and substantiates the thesis according to which under reign of King Carol I (1866-1914), despite the clear purports of the Romanian Constitution of 1866 (inspired by the Belgian Constitution of 1831), in reality, illa tempore, there was no real democracy in Romania, a real representative government, but political and constitutional life was dominated, de facto, by moderate monarchical authoritarianism of King Carol I, King who was concerned to impose a personal direction in domestic and foreign policy of the country, with the view to render functional mechanisms of the young Romanian state, and that even at the expense of sacrificing real democracy and the parliamentary regime, proclaimed by the Romanian Constitution of 1866.