Government, Politics, Law: Romania

These Web sites provide information, links, databases, and search engines concerning politics, the three branches of government, local government, the constitution, and laws - including copyright, patents, and Internet-related laws. Readers may also wish to consult Guide to Law Online - Romania, part of the Library of Congress' Law Library web site. It includes the Global Legal Information Network, further described below in the section Constitution and Laws.

Index to this page:    General and Political Resources    Executive, Legislative, Judiciary
Constitution and Laws     Local Government

General and Political Resources

Constitutia.ro (http://www.constitutia.ro)
Full texts of all Romanian constitutions, beginning with 1866. In Romanian.

Elections in Romania (http://www.electionworld.org/election/romania.htm)
Regularly-updated information about election results, the president, prime minister, parliament, and political parties of Romania. Links to related Web sites on Romanian political parties. From Electionworld.org.

Governments on the WWW: Romania (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ro.html)
Provides links to governmental institutions, representations in foreign countries, political parties, and more.

Political Resources on the Net. Romania.1:3 Parties and Organizations (http://www.politicalresources.net/romania.htm)
Gunnar Anzinger presents a collection of links to Romania=s government, political parties, elections, the constitution, and more.

Political Transformation and the Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe. Romania (http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexCountry.asp?country=romania)
Database links to information on legislation, election results, constituency data, and candidate data for RomaniaBvarious years. From the University of Essex, UK.

Executive, Legislative, Judiciary

Camera Deputatilor (http://www.cdep.ro)
Parliament of Romania, Chamber of Deputies. Links to information on its organization, the legislative process, schedules, committees, groups, members, parliamentary business, and more. In English, French, and Romanian.

Curtea Constitutionala a Romaniei (http://www.ccr.ro/default.aspx?lang=EN)
The Constitutional Court of Romania is the highest court in the country. Links to information on the court and its composition, publications and press releases, statistics, jurisdictional activity, other useful links, and more. In Romanian, French, and English.

Curtea suprema de Justitie a României (http://www.scj.ro/monogr%5Fen.asp)
High Court of Cassation and Justice. Links to information on the Court=s organizations: the civil section and intellectual property, the criminal section, the commercial section, the section for contentious administrative and fiscal business, the panel of 9 judges, the joint sections, and more. Mostly in Romanian; some English.

Government of Romania (http://www.gov.ro/main/index/l/2/)
Guvernul Romaniei. Links include press releases and newsletters, information on government strategies and politics, and various government Web sites. Searchable. In Romanian, English, and French.

Parlamentul României (http://www.senat.ro)
Site of the Romanian Senate. Links to information on members, the legislative process, foreign relations, publications, and more. Mostly in Romanian; some French and English.

Presedintele României (http://www.presidency.ro)
President of Romania. Site links to information on the incumbent and the executive branch, domestic and foreign politics, press releases, a photo gallery, and more. Mostly in Romanian; some French and English.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Romania (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-r/romania.html)
Online directory of key leaders of foreign governments. Follows transliteration systems generally agreed upon by U.S. Government agencies, except in cases in which officials have stated a preference for alternate spellings of their names.

Constitution and Laws

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign%5Fintl/index.html)
Searchable databases. New York University School of Law Library links.

Internet Laws in Romania (http://www.legi-internet.ro/en/)
News, laws, and case law from different states and useful links for searching in Internet on IT law topic. Special section dedicated to Romanian IT&C laws. By Bogdan Manolea. In Romanian and English.

LLRX.com. Update to Doing Legal Research in Romania (http://www.llrx.com/features/romania2.htm)
Aimed primarily at researchers outside Romania needing an overview of post-cold war Romanian legal research. Links to print and online resources. There are six major sections: Introduction: The Romanian Legal System; Romanian Primary Legal Resources; Romanian Secondary Legal Resources; Romanian Legal Organizations (law libraries, law schools, etc.); Specific Topics in Romanian Law; and International Law & EU Expansion. By Dana Neascu, published December 2001.

Oficiul de Stat pentru Inventii si Marci (http://www.osim.ro)
Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks. Llinks to services, publications, databases, patents, industrial design, and more. In Romanian and English.

U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2004: Romania (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41703.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

U.S. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Information Network (http://www.glin.gov)
Database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. Searchable.

WorldLII. Romania (http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2211.html)
World Legal Information Institute is a legal directory and search engine that offers legislation, case-law, journals, and law reform, by country and subject. Romania links include courts and case law, intellectual property law, military law, law reform, introductions to Romanian law, and more.

Local Government

Bucuresti. Administratia locala (http://www.pmb.ro)
Site of the Bucharest mayor's office includes information on the office, a biography of the mayor, history of and current information on Bucharest and its municipal institutions, links to cultural and leisure activities, and more. Includes subway, Metro, topical, and interactive maps. In Romanian and English.

Federatia Municipiilor din Romania (http://www.primarie.multinet.ro/fmr/fmr%5Fa.htm)
Provides a list of mayors and their offices for approximately 90 locales, with a directory of contact information, including emails/URLs where available. In Romanian.

Urban Institute (http://www.urban.org)
A nonpartisan economic and social policy institute, the Urban Institute's International Activities Center focuses on policy reform and capacity building in local governance, community development, the social safety net, and civil society. Search on Romania.