Improving the criminal legislation of the Republic of Moldova within the context of the european integration: perspective solutions and arguments

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Data: 2024

The issue of improving criminal legislation from the perspective of the European integration of the Republic of Moldova is addressed in this study. The author substantiates the need for the legislative harmonization of the national criminal norms to the standards derived from the European Union (EU) acquis. In the meanwhile, the author identifies several vulnerabilities of the national normative framework that require either a legislative reconceptualization in accordance with the unanimously recognized European values, or an updating of the norms to the new social realities resulting from the tendencies to commit new harmful deeds. Resorting to critical approaches, the author offers forward-looking legislative solutions, the implementation of which would maintain the sustainability of the development of national criminal legislation. Even if the study mostly presents subjective views, we hope that some approaches will find a pragmatic utility in the legislative work to reform the criminal law of the Republic of Moldova.