The article debates the issue of the admissibility as evidence, in labour disputes, of clandestine audio or video recordings, without the aggressor’s consent, made by the victim of the intrusive and/or abusive conduct, as a form of harassment. In practice, the difficulty is given by the doubt of the courts regarding the admissibility of such recordings, obviously not wanted and not authorized by the aggressor, coming from the circumstan...

In accordance with its name, but without being exhaustive, in the proposed study we present various opinions on the autonomy of will in contractual matters in substantial Romanian private and international law, as well as some references to this legal institution in European Union law. Without proposing a critical analysis, where appropriate, we expressed our own views and pointed out various inadvertences or normative or even doctrinal incon...

Children are one of the most vulnerable categories of people in relation to social networks. The images – or other personal data of the children – distributed on these networks by one of the parents, but without the  consent of the other, can generate a conflict regarding the way of exercising the parental authority. On the contrary, when the publication of images or videos is done by another family member or by any other third pa...

The article aims to analyse the effects of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, finalised in Istanbul on 11 May 2011, ten years after its preparation for signature. The tenth anniversary of the preparation for signature of this important legal instrument, which is binding on the Member States which have agreed to sign and ratify it, is an occasion for a retrospective of the ...

To state that the exception of a non-performed contract has as single end performance of corresponding obligation means to limit its effects and to create an idealistic vision of the discharge of obligations. While it was initially aimed at ensuring observance of the predefined order of reciprocal/bilateral contract or relationship performance, the exception of a non-performed contract could play an important role against the risk of no...

Artificial intelligence and its effects on human society are the main topics of the moment, while challenging both IT and legal researchers. Humanity has reached a point where it must accept the role of artificial intelligence and assimilate it, adapting its value system, legal framework and economy to the new reality. In April 2021, the European Commission announced its firm intention to develop and adopt legal measures and rules that ...

Although it has a significant impact on the decision-making process of the Romanian state authorities, in Romania the lobbying activity is, more than often, regulated by vague, unclear, disparate or incoherent legal provisions. At the political level, it is necessary to take a decision on the regulation of the field of interest representation, either by adopting the looser European regulatory model or the clear and rigorous North American one....

The case of Fashion ID, C-40/17 refers to one of the tools made available to users, companies, which process personal data for social networks. The article emphasizes the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, of the interpretation of the rules of the European Union through the preliminary ruling. The conclusion is that between continuity and novelty in the interpretation of the concept of operator in European Union law, the C...

The role of franchising contracts on the current market cannot be neglected, as they have advantages for both the franchisor and the franchisee. Thus, on the one hand, the franchisor has the possibility of creating a franchise network or to develop it, making his business, goods or services even better known, without needing a considerable investment, and, on the other hand, the franchisee enjoys the possibility of implementing a business mode...

The article analyzes the concepts of separate opinion and concurring opinion as an expression of the constitutional and legal principle of the independence of judges, the difference between them, their legislative enshrinement and their importance for the decisions of the Constitutional Court. According to the author, the separate and concurring opinions have a constitutional legitimacy and, therefore, they cannot be censored by the majority ...