High Court of Cassation and Justice

Not to be confused with Court of cassation.

High Court of Cassation and Justice Romanian: Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție
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Established	1861
Country	Romania
Location	Bucharest
Composition method	admission contest/Promotion
Authorized by	Constitution
Website	http://www.scj.ro/
President
Currently	Livia Doina Stanciu
Since	17 September 2010

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romanian: Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție) is Romania's supreme court, and the court of last resort. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of cassation around the world.

It held various names during its existence: "Curtea Supremă" (Supreme Court) and "Tribunalul Suprem" (Supreme Tribunal) during Communist times (1948–1952 and 1952–1989 respectively), and "Curtea Supremă de Justiție" (Supreme Court of Justice) from 1990 to 2003. The name "Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție" was re-introduced in 2003, having been also used during the Kingdom of Romania (1861–1947).

List of Court Presidents

No.	Name	Term start	Term end
Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție
1	Vasile Sturza	14 February 1862	19 October 1868
2	Constantin Hurmuzache	24 October 1868	8 March 1869
3	Scarlat Fălcoianu	8 March 1869	3 September 1876
4	Alexandru Creţescu	3 September 1876	15 October 1886
5	Constantin Schina	15 October 1886	1 April 1906
6	Scarlat Ferekyde	1 April 1906	1 May 1909
7	G.N. Bagdat	1 May 1909	1 October 1911
8	Corneliu Manolescu	1911	1918
9	Victor Romniceanu	1919	5 August 1924
10	Gheorghe Buzdugan	5 August 1924	5 June 1927
11	Oscar Nicolescu	5 August 1927	7 November 1930
12	Ion Stambulescu	7 November 1930	17 February 1931
13	Dimitrie Volanschi	24 March 1931	1 June 1938
14	Andrei Rădulescu	1 June 1938	September 1940
15	Dimitie Lupu	September 1940	1944
16	Oconel Cireş	1944	1945
17	Petre Davidescu	1945	1947
(16)	Oconel Cireş	1947	1948
Curtea Supremă
(16)	Oconel Cireş	1949	1 April 1949
18	Gheorghe Stere	1 April 1949	1 August 1952
Tribunalul Suprem
18	Gheorghe Stere	1 August 1952	24 January 1953
19	Stelian Niţulescu	24 January 1953	1 July 1954
20	Alexandru Voitinovici	1 July 1954	March 1967
21	Emilian Nucescu	March 1967	August 1975
22	Constantin Stătescu	August 1975	January 1977
23	Iustin Grigoraş	January 1977	November 1979
24	Ioan Sălăjan	November 1979	27 December 1989
Curtea Supremă de Justiție
24	Ioan Sălăjan	27 December 1989	3 January 1990
25	Teodor Vasiliu	3 January 1990	20 July 1990
26	Teofil Pop	20 July 1990	17 June 1992
27	Valeriu Bogdănescu	13 July 1992	25 July 1994
28	Gheorghe Uglean	20 December 1994	20 June 1998
29	Sorin Moisescu	20 June 1998	6 April 2000
30	Paul Florea	27 April 2000	18 October 2003
Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție
30	Paul Florea	18 October 2003	16 June 2004
31	Nicolae Popa	14 July 2004	14 September 2009
32	Lidia Bărbulescu	14 September 2009	15 September 2010
33	Doina Livia Stanciu	17 September 2010	incumbent

See also

• Judiciary of Romania
• Constitutional Court of Romania

External links

• Official website