Tudor Drăganu (December 2, 1912 – August 21, 2010) was a

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n jurist who specialized in constitutional law. Born in

Năsăud Năsăud (; , ''Nußdorf''; ) is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud County in Romania located in the historical region of Transylvania. The town administers two villages, Liviu Rebreanu (until 1958 ''Prislop''; ''Priszlop'') and Lușca (''Szamospart'' ...

, in what was then

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,Seni and Seni, p. 52 his father was linguist

Nicolae Drăganu Nicolae Drăganu (18 February 1884 – 18 December 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian linguist, philologist, and literary historian. Biography Born in Zagra, Bistrița-Năsăud County, into a Greek-Catholic family, he attended primary ...

."Prof. Univ. Dr. Tudor Drăganu"
at the Năsăud City Hall site After completing primary school in his native town, he went to George Barițiu High School in

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, followed by the law faculty of the

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. There, he successively worked as assistant, associate and full professor of constitutional and administrative law. He was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 2003.

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References

* Lucian Chiriac
"L'activité scientifique et les contributions du professeur Tudor Drăganu à l'évolution du droit public"
in ''Revista "Curentul Juridic"'', 1(52)/2013, p. 13-16 * Ioanela Alis Seni, Ioan Seni
"140 de ani de la înființarea Academiei Române. Academicienii năsăudeni și spiritul cărturăresc năsăudean"
in ''Revista Transilvania'', 3/2006, p. 43-53 1912 births 2010 deaths People from Năsăud Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Academic staff of Babeș-Bolyai University Romanian jurists Honorary members of the Romanian Academy {{Romania-law-bio-stub