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The impact of the clash between the CJEU Case Law concerning rule of law and the Constitutional Court  in Romania on the criminal legislation, investigation and fight against corruption

Publication date: 30.12.2022

Public Administration Yearbook, 2022, 2022 (8), pp. 255 - 264

https://doi.org/10.4467/24497800RAP.22.014.16790

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Dragoș Lucian Ivan
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Teodor Manea
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of law, Romania
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The impact of the clash between the CJEU Case Law concerning rule of law and the Constitutional Court in Romania on the criminal legislation, investigation and fight against corruption

Abstract

This scientific research shall explore the recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU on the rule of law regarding Poland, Hungary and Romania. We shall strive to identify the nexus between the ground-breaking judgments and the prospects for criminal legislation and criminal investigation by analysing the arguments of the parties and the reasoning of the courts. We believe that judgements in the cases of Poland, Hungary and Romania represent the Court of Justice’s incrementalist response to a perceived process of rule of law backsliding which was perceived as a threat to EU values at the community level and as a threat to the ability of the justice system to prevent corruption at the national level. Backsliding is believed to first emerged in Hungary before spreading to Poland, but serious cases were already existing in Romania.

Keywords: CJEU, case law, criminal legislation, criminal investigation


Wpływ kolizji orzecznictwa TSUE i Trybunału Konstytucyjnego w Rumunii w sprawach dotyczących praworządności na ustawodawstwo karne, postępowanie karne i walkę z korupcją

W opracowaniu przeanalizowano najnowsze orzecznictwo Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej w zakresie praworządności odnoszące się do Polski, Węgier i Rumunii. Poprzez analizę argumentów stron i stanowisk sądów spróbowano ustalić związek pomiędzy przełomowymi wyrokami a zmianami w ustawodawstwie karnym i postępowaniu karnym. Zdaniem autorów wyroki w sprawach Polski, Węgier i Rumunii stanowią inkrementalną odpowiedź Trybunału Sprawiedliwości na dostrzeżony proces odchodzenia od rządów prawa, który postrzegany jest jako zagrożenie zarówno dla wartości UE na poziomie wspólnotowym, jak i dla funkcjonowania wymiaru sprawiedliwości w zapobieganiu korupcji na poziomie krajowym. Uważa się, że zjawisko odchodzenia od rządów prawa pojawiło się najpierw na Węgrzech, a następnie rozszerzyło się na Polskę, jednak poważne przypadki występowały również w Rumunii.

References

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Information: Public Administration Yearbook, 2022, 2022 (8), pp. 255 - 264

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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The impact of the clash between the CJEU Case Law concerning rule of law and the Constitutional Court in Romania on the criminal legislation, investigation and fight against corruption

English:

The impact of the clash between the CJEU Case Law concerning rule of law and the Constitutional Court  in Romania on the criminal legislation, investigation and fight against corruption

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The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of law, Romania

Published at: 30.12.2022

Article status: Open

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Dragoș Lucian Ivan (Author) - 50%
Teodor Manea (Author) - 50%

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