THE LEGISLATIVE UNIFICATION OF THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES (1859–1866)
THE LEGISLATIVE UNIFICATION OF THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES (1859–1866)
Author(s): Sevastian CercelSubject(s): History of Law
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Romanian Principalities; legislative unification; Calimach Code; Caragea Code; Romanian Civil Code; Romanian Criminal Code; Procedural Code;
Summary/Abstract: In the period 1859-1866, the Romanian Principalities carried out an ambitious program to endow the new state with modern institutions. The legal system was organized in accordance with the needs of a European state, and the adopted legislation is fundamental to modern Romanian law. The elaboration and adoption of the major codes are noticeable: the Civil Code, the Civil Procedure Code, the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. During a reign of only seven years, through an extraordinary political will, completed by a special vision of the needs of Romanian society, Alexandru Ioan Cuza managed to lay the normative and economic bases of modern Roman
Journal: Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor”
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: XXI
- Page Range: 215-235
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
