Journal Legal and Administrative Studies, Year XX, No. 2 (25) – 2021

In this issue of Journal of Legal and Administrative Studies (JLAS) are included scientific articles which debate problems from legal sciences field: OPEN STATEHOOD AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES IN SOME AFRICAN STATES; RATIO DECIDENDI END THE SCIENCE OF LAW; INITIAL TREATIES - PRIMARY SOURCES OF EUROPEAN UNION LAW; LIMITING SENIORS' RIGHT TO VOTE; THE CONCEPT OF CIVIL SERVICE INTEGRITY; THE TRANSPORT OF PERSONS UNDER NATIONAL LAW, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC etc.The Journal of Legal and Administrative Studies was founded in 2002 and it is dedicated to the academic teachers and researchers, lawyers, magistrates, Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers into legal and administrative sciences and their auxiliary sciences, from Romania and from abroad. Subjects for submission include the following main areas, but are not limited to them: Public Law, Private Law, Protection of human rights and protection against discrimination, European Union law, Forensics and Criminology, Legal Sociology, History of law, juridical philosophy.The journal promotes the original researches that contributes to the knowledge progress and are motivated by the necessity of studying the theory and practice in the mentioned areas. Also, the journal aims to create a forum for disciplinary and interdisciplinary debates and to become a standard in the national and international juridical and administrative research.