Aplicarea principiului neretroactivităţii legii cu privire la dreptul la pensie în practica Curţii Constituţionale. Examen critic

Profesor emerit dr. ALEXANDRU ATHANASIU

Membru titular al Academiei de Ştiinţe Juridice din România

Motto: Les sujets brulants on doit les apprendre avec froideur (proverb francez) (Subiectele fierbinţi trebuie tratate cu răceală)

ABSTRACT

This study examines the manner in which the Romanian Constitutional Court has used in its practice the principle of non-retroactivity of the law with reference to service pensions. At the same time, the study contains a detailed critical examination of the thesis of the constitutional contentious court regarding the qualification of the laws amending or repealing the service pensions already in payment as non-retroactive and, therefore, in compliance with the constitutional requirements.

On the other hand, the author of the study advances the thesis according to which any law that modifies the formula of calculation of the...