Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, Vol 3, No 1 (2007)

Abstract

The general principles of law are those that determine the system measures. On the one hand, the principles define the law’s general patterns of the legal system, leading the lawmaker’s activity; on the other hand, the general principles have also a role in the administrative justice system, because people who have the task of implementing the law system must know the “point of law” but also “the spirit of the law” and the principles of the judiciary system are exactly the "spirit of the law". The common principles that are applicable in public administration, in the European Union countries, are: the legality principle, the proportionality principle, the transparency principle, the motivation principle.