Overview
Lecturer
Mihaela Bogdana Simion
Seminar tutor
Mihaela Bogdana Simion
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Law
Field of study
Law
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
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Aims
• Students should assimilate the fundamental knowledge in the field of constitutional law – constitution, constitutionality control, separation of the powers, political parties, political regime, voting system
• To equip students with the intellectual tools necessary to properly conceptualize and analyze constitutional issues.
• Assimilation of constitutional institutions must be made from a jurisprudential perspective.
Course contents
• Introduction to the study of Constitutional Law. Why a Constitution? The Constitution and constitutional law's functions.
• The Constitution: concept and forms of Constitution;
• Creation and ratification of the Constitution;
• Revision and abrogation of the Constitution;
• Constitutionality review;
• Constitutional courts in United States and Europe;
• The state. Definition, elements and characters of the state;
• Forms of State (the unitary and the federal system). Necessity of the State;
• State Power. Separation of Powers;
• Political parties. Definition, classification, functions;
• Republic versus monarchy;
• Voting systems;
• Political Regimes. Authoritarian and Totalitarian Regimes;
• Political Regimes. The representative democracy. The Legislative and the Executive Power in the democratic regime.
Learning outcomes
• Applying theories, principles and concepts in a context determined
• Preliminary analysis of the data, their interpretation, the carrying out of classifications and some conceptual delineations
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 80%; continuous assessment – 20%.
Recommended reading
• Mircea Criste, Instituţii constituţionale contemporan, Vest Publishing House, Timişoara, 2011;
• Ştefan Deaconu, Drept constituţional, C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2011;
• Ştefan Deaconu, Instituţii politice, C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2012;
• Ioan Muraru, Elena Simiona Tănăsescu, Drept constituţional şi instituţii politice, 13 edition, I and II volume, C. H. Beck Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2009;
• Ioan Muraru, Elena Simina Tănăsescu, coordonatori, Constituţia României. Comentariu pe articole, C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucureşti, 2008;