Titu Maiorescu, juristul
Titu Maiorescu, the Jurist

Summary/Abstract: Founding personality of the modern Romanian culture, Titu Maiorescu (1840–1917) – literary critic, philosopher, conservative politician – is less known in his activities as a man of the law. As a Doctor of Philosophy, he held a license degree not only of Letters, but also of Law (at the University of Paris, 1861) and has excelled in all legal practices: at first, he acted as a substitute judge, next as a prosecutor in Bucharest, and since January 10th, 1866, he joined the Bar Association (first in Iaşi, then in the capital), where he remained as a lawyer for 51 years, until his death (1917). Twice – in 1888 and 1900-1901 – he acted as Minister of Justice, when he tried to “moralize” the magistracy and the attorneys. As the member of the Chamber of Deputies, he supported several draft legislations, important to the Romania of those days. Through his pleadings, that “received the reflections of the sciences related to law: philosophy, logics, psychology” he introduced in the Romanian justice the rational discourse, precise and complex. Through a series of political and juridical studies, he contributed, mainly, to the fields of public law and the philosophy of law.

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