The Disciplinary Liability of Teaching Staff from Romanian Universities in the New Regulation of the Legislation on Higher Education from 2023

Abstract

The taking over the principles and procedure from the previous legislation (Law of National Education no. 1/2011), the legislator brings in 2023, through the new Law no. 199, changes to the regime of disciplinary liability of teaching staff. The clear distinction between the legal regime and the administrative act of the decision of the University Ethics Commission regulated in Law no. 199/2023 removes the sanction for the violation of ethical norms from the scope of disciplinary liability, as was considered by the majority of national jurisprudence under the old regulation. Our comparative analysis aims to highlight the new regulations, although some inadvertent ones persist.