Thursday, February 3, 2011

The sheer frequency of legislative modifications in Romania, which exasperates both citizens and the business world, does not only stem from the need to change legislation after the revolution of 1989, but also from the ease with which the governments that succeeded each other during the last 20 years adopted emergency ordinances. The champion of emergency ordinances is the Cabinet of former prime minister Mugur Isărescu, who, in a single year (2000) issued 297 emergency ordinances, while in the same year Parliament adopted 683 laws, which means a total of 980 pieces of legislation. The database of the Legislative Council offers a complete picture of what happened in the legislative field over twenty years. In Romania, there are currently a huge number of pieces of legislation in force, individual and international, 95,618 on January 28, 2011, of which only 1,958 were issued before 1989. Each law needs to be abided by because one cannot cite ignorance of the existence of that piece of legislation as an excuse. The rate of legislative modifications explains the bewilderment of common people, as well as of companies and accountants, when such legislative modifications occur, and explains why lawyers and legal consultants are so successful. (Autor: Iulian Anghel Z.F.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

y egyptian friend is recommending I leave Tahrir as police searches for foreigners. @bloggerseif if u get this, shant and u, apartment now.

soniaverma:

Another checkpoint. Now they have taken our passports. #egypt

We are being taken into some kind of custody.

Military have commandeered us and our car.


monasosh:

Last we heard from ppl in Hisham mubarak law center is army police was there now all their mobiles are switched off #Jan25

12.50pm:CloseLink to this update: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/feb/03/egypt-protests-live-updates#block-37 The army is pushing back pro-Mubarak supporters, according to the Observer's foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont:

Pro mubarak supporters getting gradually pushed further back onto Ramses Street hearing shots tanks moving more aggressively

12.40pm:CloseLink to this update: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/feb/03/egypt-protests-live-updates#block-36 The situation is very fluid, Jack Shenker reports from Cairo:

Key streets and entrance points keep changing hands. There are also urgent appeals going out for medical supplies, blankets and blood donations; people in a position to provide any of those things should monitor Twitter closely for advice on the best way to bring them in; also pick-up and delivery can be arranged.