http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/5332921c063a796f https://verfassungsblog.de/breaking-non-retroactivity/ Breaking Non-Retroactivity - The Romanian Constitutional Court Erased a Constitutional Principle Selejan-Gutan, Bianca eng 2026-09-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Court Rumänien non-retroactivity romania Rumänien Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Is a politically appointed court still a court? The old dilemma of kelsenian constitutional courts could not be more topical in the case of the Romanian Constitutional Court, which recently issued a decision that shattered a constitutional principle underlying every democratic system: the principle of non-retroactivity. The political influence is probable in this case; such an infringement of an ancient principle of law by a court at this level cannot be otherwise explained. Constitutional justice was not blind but was driven by political interest and used as a tool of political vendetta.