The lawful state within the member states of the European Union

• Author: Mariana Mihaela Nedelcu (Vanghelie)
• Position: Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• Pages: 110-114

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No. 1 (2013), pp. 110-114

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THE LAWFUL STATE WITHIN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE

EUROPEAN UNION

M. M. Nedelcu (Vanghelie)

Mariana Mihaela Nedelcu (Vanghelie)

Faculty of Law

University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

* Correspondence: Mariana Mihaela Nedelcu (Vanghelie), 16 M. Koglniceanu St., Craiova,

Romania

E-mail: florescu_25@yahoo.com

Abstract

State is a reality; it is present within the quotidian life of the citizens and is framed by

numerous domains of social activities. Nevertheless it is an abstract concept, a support of

power and allows the establishment of the distinction between the governing and the

governed.

From a semantic point of view, the concept of state comes from the Latin word

“statuo”, which means “to put, to lay, to constitute”. The collocation “Status civitas”

referred in the Roman Empire to the manner of government of the city. Romans granted the

word “status” a political significance by adding the determinant “res publicaEroare! Marcaj

în document nedefinit.”, in other words public matter. “Res publica” defined also the idea of

leadership of the public life and of the state. Therefore, “status rei publicae” meant for the

magistrates and for the Roman people “the state of the public matters” in other words, “the

situation of leading the public life”

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. Romans used two different concepts referring to state,

meaning, “res publica” (for the period of the republic) and “imperiumEroare! Marcaj în

document nedefinit.” for the period of the empire (dominate). For the same type of political

organization of a human collectivity, Greek people used the term of “polis”

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.

The modern features that define nowadays the state were not entirely reunited, not

even in the Roman Empire, or in that of the break of Greek polis, and not even within the

existing states during that period.

Keywords: public administration, federalization, state, government.

Introduction

Europe finds itself in the middle of reconstruction. This is a great hope that might

come true if only history is taken into consideration: Europe without history would be orphan

and unfortunate. Time is flying away and today is born from yesterday and tomorrow is the

fruit of the past. A past that should not cripple the present but should help it become different.

The efficiency and nature of the state cannot be understood without a previous research of the

origin and its historical moulding.

An adequate picture for a historical and political assay is often spectral but the range

may change or extend, as for example during a revolution. The change of great cultures,

centers and void powers of the empires, universal religions, slaveries, the apocalyptical

1

Henri Brun, Guy Tremblay, Droit constitutionnel, Les Editions Y von Blais Inv. Quebec, 1990, p. 61.

2

For a broad image regarding the organization and functions of the po lus in Ancient Greece, see G. Glotz,

Cetatea greac, “Meridiane” Publishing House, Bucharest, 1992, pp .24-40; Pierre Carlier, Secolul al IV-lea

grec, “Teora” Publishing House, Bucharest, 1998, pp.183 -212; Edmond Levy, Grecia în secolul al V-lea,

“Teora” Publishing House, Bucharest, 1998, pp.183-222.