Pagini Juridice (English: Legal Pages) was a Romanian law journal issued in Cernăuți from 1932 until 1940. It featured articles by scholars and practitioners from the legal field and adjacent disciplines about topics related to Romanian and international law with a special focus on Bukovina. Additionally, it printed official notes related to the Cernăuți Court of Appeal (Curtea de Apel Cernăuți) and book reviews. The journal was founded by Dr. Dimitrie Tușinschi, First President of the Cernăuți Court of Appeal who, along several legal professionals from Bukovina, served as one of the editors.[1]
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| Discipline | Romanian law |
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| Language | Romanian |
| Edited by | Dimitrie Tușinschi (founder) |
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| History | 1932-1940 |
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| ISO 4 | Pagini Jurid. |
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| OCLC no. | 1443497427 |
History
editThe first issue of Pagini Juridice was published on 1 May 1932. In his foreword to the initial issue, Dimitrie Tușinschi mentioned that there were 230 judges and many more lawyers in the jurisdiction of the Cernăuți Court of Appeal who faced a notable situation: After the dissolution of the Austrian-Hungarian empire in November 1918, the legal system in Bukovina had still not been fully unified with the Romanian one. Therefore, there were areas within this jurisdiction which still used Austrian or Russian law, in addition to others which used the Romanian legal system. According to Tușinschi, studying this situation for the present and the future would be an important endeavour, and in his foreword, he thanks many young colleagues for participating.[2]
The journal went on to print articles and book reviews by numerous legal scholars and practitioners, in addition to ones from adjacent fields. Many were related to Bukovina, and there were at the same time analyses of international law and other topics.[3] Mircea Duțu stresses how, in the process of publishing the journal, the Cernăuţi Court of Appeal closely collaborated with the local bar association and the faculty of law at Cernăuţi University.[4] In its first year, the journal was printed in a large format, approximately DIN A4 size. From 15 July 1933 until its last issue, the journal was printed at a smaller size.[5]
On 15 July 1934, Pagini Juridice published a special issue commemorating the Cernăuți Court of Appeal's 15th anniversary. In addition to the regular articles, this issue featured articles and numerous photos on the court and its history.[6] In October of the same year, an even more extensive issue was released for the same occasion, printing numerous congratulatory letters the court had received, in addition to more photographs related to the court.[7]
In 1936, minister of justice Valeriu Pop in a letter to Dimitrie Tușinschi expressed his satisfaction with Pagini Juridice.[8] The journal's last issue was published on 15 April 1940.[9] Due to the Soviet annexation of Northern Bukovina including Cernăuți in late June 1940, the publication ceased.[10]
Gallery and personnel
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Dr. Dimitrie Tușinschi
First President: Cernăuți Court of Appeal. -
Mihail A. Brăileanu
President: 2nd section at Cernăuți Court of Appeal. -
Theodor Alexandru
Additional Prosecutor General: Cernăuți Court of Appeal.
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Anton Iliese
Counsel: Cernăuți Court of Appeal. -
Camil Ionescu
First President: Tribunal Cernăuți. -
Nicolae Pelin
President: 3rd section at Tribunal Cernăuți. -
Gheorghe Gh. Panu
First Prosecutor: Tribunal Cernăuți. -
Dr. Constantin D. Tușinschi
Public Prosecutor.
The initial directory on 1 May 1932 comprised three members of the Cernăuți Court of Appeal: Dr. Dimitrie Tușinschi (Prime-President), Dimitrie Ariton (President: 2nd Section), Theodor Alexandru (Prosecutor General). The editorial committee consisted of three members of the Tribunal in Cernăuți: Camil Ionescu (Prime-President), Anton Iliese (President: 3rd Section) and Dr. Nicu Popescu (President: 1st Section). Secretaries were P. Laufer (Attorney) and Dr. At. Antoniu.
From 1 May 1933, Mihail A. Brăileanu, newly appointed Prosecutor General at the Court of Appeal, joined the board of directors, while Theodor Alexandru remained on the board as well. Constantin D. Tușinschi, whose articles had been printed in Pagini Juridice since the first issue,[12] joined the journal as a secretary from then issue on. From the July 1936 issue, he was a member of the editorial board.[11]
After retiring as prime president of the Cernăuți Court of Appeal in April 1938, Dimitrie Tușinschi was credited as "Founder" of the journal on the title pages.[13]
External links
editPagini Juridice in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
References
edit- ^ Primpräsident Dr. Dimitrie Tușinschi In: Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung 6 October 1935, no. 9152, p. 5.
- ^ Pagini Juridice, Anul I, No. 1, 1 May 1932.
- ^ For example: Tușinschi, Constantin D.: Definițiunea agresorului în dreptul internațional public, in: Pagini Juridice, Anul II No. 5, pp. 75-77.
- ^ Duțu, Mircea: Unificarea juridică şi experienţele sale, in: Studii şi cercetări juridice, Anul 7 (63), Nr. 3, Iulie – Septembrie 2018, p.189-256, here: p. 220.
- ^ Pagini Juridice, Anul II, No. 1 (15 July 1933)
- ^ Pagini Juridice, Anul III, No. 1, 15 July 1934.
- ^ Pagini Juridice, Anul III, No. 3-4, October–November 1934.
- ^ Pagini Juridice, Anul V, No. 2, 15 September 1936.
- ^ Pagini Juridice, Anul VIII, No. 9 (15 April 1940)
- ^ Tuschinski, Alexander: Constantin Ritter von Tuschinski - Biography, in: Tuschinski, Constantin Ritter von / Tușinschi, Constantin D.: European Union, State Parties and Political Transformations, Collected Works 1929-1942, Norderstedt 2024.
- ^ a b c Pictures and captions from: Pagini Juridice, Anul V, No. 1 (15 July 1936)
- ^ Crearea unei forțe armate internațional, in: Pagini Juridice, Anul I No. 1, pp. 11-14, and No. 8-9, pp. 142-144.
- ^ See, for example, Pagini Juridice, Anul VIII. No. 9 (15 April 1940)