Constitutional Court of Romania
The Constitutional Court of Romania (Romanian: Curtea Constituţională a României) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution.
| Constitutional Court of Romania Curtea Constituţionalǎ a României | |
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| Established | 1992 |
| Location | Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest |
| Composition method | -Senate selection (3 members) -Chamber of Deputies selection (3 members) -President selection (3 members) |
| Authorized by | Constitution |
| Appeals to | 1992 - 2003: Parliament 2003 - present: none |
| Judge term length | 9 years |
| Number of positions | 9 |
| Website | http://www.ccr.ro/ |
| President of the Constitutional Court of Romania | |
| Currently | Valer Dorneanu |
| Since | 2016 |
| Lead position ends | 2022 |
| Jurist term ends | 2022 |
It consists of nine members serving nine-year terms which cannot be extended, with three members each appointed by the President, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Three members are renewed every 3 years.
Powers
According to the Article 144 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court exercises the following powers:
- to adjudicate on the constitutionality of laws, before promulgation, upon notification by the President of Romania, by the President of either Chamber of Parliament, by the Government, the Supreme Court of Justice, by a number of at least 50 Deputies or at least 25 Senators, as well as, ex officio, on initiatives to revise the Constitution
- to adjudicate on the constitutionality of the Standing Orders of Parliament, upon notification by the President of either Chamber, by a parliamentary group or a number of at least 50 Deputies or at least 25 Senators
- to decide on exceptions brought to the Courts of law as to the unconstitutionality of laws and orders
- to guard the observance of the procedure for the election of the President of Romania and to confirm the ballot returns
- to ascertain the circumstances which justify the interim in the exercise of office of President of Romania, and to report its findings to Parliament and the Government
- to give advisory opinion on the proposal to suspend the President of Romania from office
- to guard the observance of the procedure for the organization and holding of a referendum, and to confirm its returns
- to check on compliance with the conditions for the exercise of the legislative initiative by citizens
- to decide on objections of unconstitutionality of a political party
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Members
Current structure
| Appointer | Name (Office) |
Term start | Term end |
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| Senate | Mona Pivniceru | 2013 | 2022 |
| Marian Enache | 2016 | 2025 | |
| Cristian Deliorga | 2019 | 2028 | |
| Chamber of Deputies | Valer Dorneanu (President) |
2013 (2016) |
2022 (2022) |
| Attila Varga | 2016 | 2025 | |
| Gheorghe Stan | 2019 | 2028 | |
| President | Daniel Morar | 2013 | 2022 |
| Livia Stanciu | 2016 | 2025 | |
| Simina Tănăsescu | 2019 | 2028 |
History
Since it was created in 1992, the Constitutional Court had the following composition.[1][2][3]
See also
- Judiciary of Romania
- High Court of Cassation and Justice
- Rule of law
- Rule According to Higher Law
References
- Current composition of the Constitutional Court Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Former judjes Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Adevărul
External links
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