Problema drepturilor cetățenești în prima constituție a României
THE ISSUE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE FIRST CONSTITUTION OF ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The basic principles of the Constitution of 1866 were the following: the separation of powers(legislative, executive, judicial), representative governance (parliament is elected by vote, and the stateleadership represents the whole nation), national sovereignty (powers emanates from the nation),ministerial responsibility (ministers are accountable to the law for their acts), the hereditary andconstitutional monarchy (Romania is ruled by heirs from the house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Theywere to be raised in the Orthodox religion). The rights of Romanians could be divided into two maincategories: Civil rights – personal freedom, freedom of the consciousness, freedom of the press,inviolability of the domicile, inviolability of property, inviolability of correspondence, equality beforethe law, the right to petition, freedom of education and Political rights - freedom of gatherings, freedomof associations, the right to choose and to be elected.

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