In the concern to define the acquittal behavior of the public notary – a provider of legal advice – the author insists on the prior obligation of investigation that the notary must fulfill before providing the required service; the rule is deduced from the general concept of legal guarantee that he (the notary) must offer; the rule is adapted accordingly to the procedures for authentication of sales and real estate mortgages; the task of verif...

The financial system has a key role to play in transforming the economy into a more efficient and sustainable one, by reorienting private capital towards sustainable investment and encouraging more transparency. The consideration of sustainability factors in the decision-making process and investment advisory process can realise superior benefits. This can increase the resilience of the real economy and the stability of the financial system. T...

The study bases the model of correct behavior of the consultant providing legal services – exonerating behavior of civil liability – on the idea of intellectual enterprise; it is argued that the contract for services regulations are common law in matters of legal advice; two specific professional obligations are deduced from this concept: the efficiency obligation to the legal act performed (proposed) and the obligation of loyal advice; the pr...

In interpreting of the provisions of the Old Fiscal Procedure Code, the Supreme Court ruled that the 5 year – prescription period is not calculated starting with 1st January of the year in which there is an obligation for taxpayers to fi le the tax return for this tax, as sometimes interpreted the fiscal body, but from 1st January of the year in which the basis for taxation of the profit tax was established.This article presents an analys...

The Romanian National Council for Solving Complaints confirms that the mere submission of an e-mail without any identifi cation data does not account for a conclusive proof to justify an abnormally low tender. In a similar vein, a mere sworn statement from the bidder mentioning a discount received from the producer without any other proof should be disregarded by the contracting entity.Furthermore, if the producer in question even express...

I had the intuition that a jurist-researcher must inter- and trans-discipline and, therefore, I read books (…) of institutional history, social history, political philosophy, economy and sociology. (…) I started to merge the positivist discourse with the cultural one, marked by inter- and trans-disciplinarity and by conceptual analysis. This way I was trying to break with the empiricism which is specifical to descriptive commentary...

Any judicial decision is a narrative, a story about finding the truth. The search for the truth is a difficult task, since the pieces of evidence, regarded as the signs that the facts have left, seldom tell us a unique and coherent story. The interpretation of the law is no easier task, either; from all the interpretation methods available, I choose the literal interpretation over the teleological one, as it saves me from the pitfalls of my own...

Writing as a judge is a more recent activity for me. I am still during the period of reflection concerning many aspects of this profession, among which the clear, convincing and concise expression of the arguments on which a judgment is based represents a personal priority. I noted for a long time the opacity of many written documents in the judicial world, in Romania and elsewhere. I also noted the differences in style between various types o...

In my research activity, I have started, lately, to write only when I am really interested on a topic or when I believe that I have something to say about a certain issue. (…) (thus) I write only when I can answer, in advance, to three questions: What do I mean with what I write? What is the issue I have previously identified? and What answer do I have to that issue?

If writing a piece proves necessary, then a writing project is put together with all that it entails – a mission statement, a roadmap marked by qualitative and quantitative milestones, a calendar and of course, executive instructions, to detail. Keywords: ...