%0 Journal Article %T THE JURIDICAL NATURE OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL %A Mircea DAMASCHIN %J Lex et Scientia %D 2011 %I Nicolae Titulescu University %X The present study is a theoretical approach to the legal principle regarding the right to a fair trial, particularly to the juridical nature of this right. The importance of guaranteeing the fairness of the procedures ¨C in which the litigants are involved ¨C has considerably increased especially after the European Convention on Human Rights was adopted in 1994. At the same time, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights played a significant role in observing the fairness of trials, especially in those causes that implied the breach of Article 6 of the EuropeanConvention on Human Rights. Under these circumstances and in conformity with the modifications brought to legislation the fair trial started to be perceived as a constitutional principle and it has become an essential rule for justice, hence the necessity to define the juridical nature and character of the right to a fair trial. %K right to a fair trial %K human rights %U http://lexetscientia.univnt.ro/download/409_409_lesij_js_XVIII_2_2011_art_002.pdf