The Court Portal is administered by the Romanian Ministry of Justice. It provides access to Romanian courts' websites, contact details and other information, including hearing lists and selected decisions. All available decisions can be accessed using the separate Jurisprudenţă search facility. Courts can be identified using a judicial map, a list of courts organised by type, or an address search. Guide to using the courts are provided. The site is in Romanian only.
The Legislative Portal is a public database of Romanian legislation from 1989 onwards, together with selected earlier legislation, searchable by date, number and type of instrument. The Portal also provides the Civil Code, Civil Procedure Code, Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure. The interface and content are in Romanian only. The site is administered by the Romanian Ministry of Justice and was developed as part of the EU's N-Lex initiative (see: n-lex.europa.eu).
Website of the Romanian Ministry of Justice, the government department with responsibility for the administration of justice and the judiciary. Background and organisational information on the Ministry of Justice is given, along with relevant legislation and caselaw. There are guides and manuals on judicial cooperation between Romania and the EU and links are given to full-text versions of the various legal codes, including the Civil Code, Criminal Code and Insolvency Code.
Website of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (Camera Deputa ilor) which is the lower house of the Romanian parliament. There is an introduction to how the Chamber of Deputies works with information on the role of the various committees and groups, the Speaker and members and other parliamentary activities. There is a full text copy of the Romanian Constitution. These parts of the site can be viewed in Romanian, English and French. Other sections of the site including parliamentary debates, bill tracking and links to legislation can be viewed in Romanian only.
Website of the Centre for Legal Resources (CRL) in Romania. The CRL is a non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1998 by the Open Society Foundation and concerned with the defence of human rights and the rule of law. The CRL operates programmes in the following areas: anti-discrimination; public integrity; advocate for dignity and strategic litigation. Programmes are delivered through project work and the site gives details of these along with information on the legal cases the CRL is involved with, monitoring reports and news.
The official website of the Romanian government provides biographies of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers and information on how the government is organised. The site explains the legislative process in Romania and includes information on the government’s programme and key policies for 2013 to 2016. News and events information is also provided.The site can be viewed in Romanian, French and English.
Website of the Uniunea Nationala a Barourilor din Romania (UNBR) which is the umbrella body representing bar associations in Romania. The site has information on the organisation of the UNBR including details of committees and full text laws relating to the legal profession in Romania. There are also links to individual state bar associations. The site can be viewed in Romanian only.
Website of the Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice providing background on the Court including its organisation and jurisdictional functions. There are summaries of decisions, news items and articles along with links to the websites of other official Romanian bodies. The site is presented in Romanian with an overview in English.
Official website of the Constitutional Court of Romania. The site has background information on the establishment of the Romanian Constitution and Constitutional Court. Details are provided covering the Court's function and composition (including profiles of its members), information on the work of the court and a statistical breakdown of its rulings and decisions. Selected decisions of the Court are available in full text PDF on a yearly basis from 1992 onwards to date. The site also has a copy of the Romanian Constitution and online versions of related legislation.
Official website of the Romanian Legislative Council which was set up in its present form in 1993. The role of the Council is to advise the Government on bills, draft statutory orders, draft codes and other legislative proposals, to ensure legislation conforms to the provisions and principles of the Constitution and to keep an official record of the legislation. The website includes online (PDF) copies of the laws and regulations which set up and established the structure of the Council and provides information on its history and powers. The site can only be viewed in Romanian.
