Unison in Constitutional interpretation: doctrinal developments by the Lithuanian and Moldovan Constitutional Courts
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2016 |
This article is devoted to the analysis of some decisions of the Constitutional Courts of Lithuania and of the Republic of Moldova, which, according to the author of this article, are indicative of a “constitutional unison”, as the courts, in dealing with similar issues, delivered comparable judgments at times knowing that similar decisions have been rendered by the other court and, at times, possibly, without being fully aware of the existence of similar rationales by the other court, since certain of the aforementioned decisions are separated by more than a decade. The reasons determining this unison, its consistency as well as other issues represent the object of the present research, which, due to its limited scope, can be considered a lead-in to a broader analysis of these matters.