The study resumes a previously approached topic, including in the pages of the journal Pandectele Române, that relating to the interpretation of art. 48(1) of the Constitution. With Decision no. 580/2016 and no. 539/2018, the Constitutional Court made a restrictive interpretation of the text, in the sense that it only considers marriage between a man and a woman. The interpretation of the Constitutional Court formalizes a doctrinal thes...