The Legislative Council – an advisory body of the Parliament ensuring the quality of the law, a main condition for the rule of law

Abstract

The goal of a quality legislation can be achieved only through the conjugated effort of all parties involved in the legislative procedure. And one of these actors is the Legislative Council – a consultative specialized organ of the Parliament, which has the constitutional mission of giving opinions on bills with the aim to systematize, unify and coordinate the entire legislation, as well as keeping track of the Romanian laws. Beginning with some brief historical accounts concerning the Legislative Council, the present study approaches the activity of giving opinions on legislative bills, it shows the legal regime of this activity as seen from the standpoint of the case law of the Constitutional Court of Romania and it invites reflection on the necessity to consolidate the role of the Legislative Council within the complex arrangement of the legislative mechanism.