HISTORICAL STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ROMANIA

The constitutional evolution of Romania reflects the cultural traditions, social realities, the degree of economic development and the degree of democratization. The evolution was not simple, it has a complex dimension that involves the multitude of constitutive factors of society. It is marked by normative acts with constitutional value through which, over time, social relations regarding power and fundamental human rights have been regulated.

This legal materialization of the will of the rulers is directly determined by the social realities existing at a given time. In Romania, as in other European states, constitutional evolution signifies the democratization of the exercise of power, the limitation of the discretionary powers of the state, the affirmation of the principle of democracy regarding the social, political, and legal organization in the state, and the consecration of fundamental civil rights and freedoms.

Constitutional development reflects political, legal, economic reality, traditions, but also international influences along with the adoption of democratic ideas affirmed at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.