CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT OVERLAPPING CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY FOR THE SAME OFFENSE

The ne bis in idem principle is one of the fundamental principles of a criminal trial in a state of law. This paper focuses on the question whether a possible overlapping between criminal and administrative liability for the same offense is or not a violation of this principle. Both the national and the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence were investigated. By reporting to the European case we concluded that such a situation represents a case of bis in idem.