Starting from the premise that Romanian legal scholarship has not exhaustively addressed the obligation of mutual respect between spouses, this article aims to examine the forms of such respect as they may be inferred from a negative reading of Law No. 217/2003. To the extent that this endeavor proves persuasive, the benefit of the analysis would be not merely theoretical, but also practical, insofar as it may offer interpretative guidance to...

The present study makes an analysis of the legal institution of precautionary garnishment, applied as interim measure for the preservation of deeds granted by a foreign court. The general objective of the institution in question is to provide security for the specific situation of the exequatur procedure, with the aim of ensuring the effective enforcement of foreign court’s decisions. We have noticed in the case precedents that r...

The petroleum industry is inherently transnational. Long‑term contracts, technical standardization and extensive reliance on international arbitration have fueled the doctrinal debate on the existence of lex petrolea as an autonomous legal order. One strand of scholarship, prominently represented by Alfredo De Jesús, reads lex petrolea through the lens of legal pluralism and Santi Romano’s institutional theory, arguing that the “transnational...

The legislative proposal of the Ministry of Health to prohibit the use of the interim injunction procedure (ordonanță președințială) in cases concerning the provision of free or reimbursed medicines, the reimbursement of medicines, or, where applicable, their inclusion in the list of international nonproprietary names corresponding to medicines granted to insured persons with or without personal contribution on the basis of a medical p...

On the occasion of ten years since the entry into force (26 May 2026) of Law no. 101/2016 on remedies and review procedures in the awarding of public procurement contracts, sectoral contracts, and works and services concession contracts, as well as on the organization and functioning of the National Council for the Resolution of Complaints, the author formulates and substantiates several de lege ferenda proposals. These are intervent...

New technologies, including AI, have an increasingly ambivalent impact on labor relations. Automation and task taking, up to substitution, but also support and accompaniment in labor recruitment, control and organization of work, payment services and human resource management, protection and security of activities, etc. increasingly mark the labor process and generate important legal implications. It has effects at all stages of the labor rela...

This article examines the challenges of regulating artificial intelligence in contemporary society, drawing a parallel with historical crises of law and faith, particularly those addressed by the seven ecumenical councils (325–787). The author emphasizes the importance of defining terminology, establishing the legal nature of AI tools, and determining liability. By comparing the situation to the myth of Pygmalion, the relationship between cre...

The adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/1203 of 11 April 2024 and the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law of 14 May 2025 marks a paradigm reform in European environmental criminal law: from the model of administrative ancillary to the direct and autonomous protection of the environment as an intrinsic legal good. This Communication analyses the central normative innovations of the two instruments –...

Technological developments are affecting and changing our lives faster than ever. The Internet, e‑commerce and online banking have led to an evolution in the way people transact. In recent years, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum and their underlying blockchain technology have triggered real (re)evolutions in the transaction market. The smart contract is one of these elements, which have changed the way parties implement thei...

This article examines defamation in the digital environment assisted by artificial intelligence, starting from the premise that Romanian law is no longer fully adapted to emerging technological realities. Harmful content is no longer always the result of the conduct of a single, identifiable author, but may arise from the interaction between users, platforms, recommendation algorithms, and generative AI systems. The study highlights the...