The Right to Legislative Information Correlated with the Nemo Censetur Ignorare Legem Principle
The Right to Legislative Information Correlated with the Nemo Censetur Ignorare Legem Principle

Summary/Abstract: The citizens’ right to be informed is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 31 of the Romanian Constitution. Information of public interest, to which the citizen’s access is guaranteed, also includes information on the legislative process and its outcome: constitutional laws, organic laws, ordinary laws, emergency ordinances, ordinances, government decisions, etc. The normative acts setting out rights and obligations to citizens undoubtedly represent information of public interest, which must be known by the public opinion. The nemo censetur ignorare legem principle is specifically based on the citizens’ knowledge of national laws and more strongly, in the last years, of European laws. The question that appears more and more often in the public space is related to the actuality of the Roman principle and whether the citizen is still bound by the obligation to know the law, as legislation has become more and more complex.This study aims at analysing how the obligation to know the law practically correlates to the citizens’ easy access to legislative information, in the highly dynamic current legislative environment.

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