%0 Journal Article %T REFLECTIONS ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUSTICE %A ELENA EMILIA STEFAN %J Challenges of the Knowledge Society %D 2013 %I Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest %X The independence of justice is no longer just a wish of the Constitution editors, it represents a reality, has a practical applicability and it is not at all just a state of mind. Moreover, the judicial independence is regulated by a number of international documentation which completes the whole picture of the national legislation. Does the civil society represent only a pressure agent likely to influence the independence of law? So here is a question we will try to answer in this study, and we will present theoretical but also practical aspects on the principle of the independence of justice. %K Constitution %K law %K the principle of the independence of justice %K magistrates¡¯ liability %K the European Court of Human Rights %U cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2013_articles/index.php?dir=1_Juridical_Sciences%2F&download=cks_2013_law_art_078.pdf