Fiecare stat suveran şi independent dispune de un sistem propriu de drept. Nu constituie o excepţie nici Republica Moldova.  Odată cu tranziţia de la un stat totalitar la un stat de drept şi democratic, de la o economie centralizată la o economie de piaţă, de la monopolul unui partid, la pluripartitism şi pluralismul de opinie, a fost necesar de a asigura şi trecerea de la sistemul de drept naţional fundamentat pe doctrina de drept romano-germanică.  Au favorizat această trecere actele politico-juridice: Declaraţia de suveranitate, Decretul cu privire la puterea de stat, Concepţia reformei judiciare şi de drept şi Constituţia Republicii Moldova.  Odată cu adoptarea Constituţiei, adoptarea codurilor, reformarea organelor de ocrotire a normelor de drept, formarea cadrului normativ naţional s-a sfârşit etapa de tranziţie de la sistemul socialist de drept la sistemul naţional de drept.  

Each sovereign and independent state has its own legal system. Moldova is not an exception.  With the transition from a totalitarian to a democratic state and a state of law, from a centralized economy to a market economy, from a party's multipolitician monopoly and pluralism of opinion, it was necessary to ensure the transition from the system of national law based on the Roman-German legal doctrine.  The political-juridical acts favored this passage: the Declaration of Sovereignty, the Decree on State Power, the Concept of Judicial and Law Reform and the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.  With the adoption of the Constitution, the adoption of codes, the reform of the law enforcement agencies, the formation of the national normative framework, the transition from the socialist rule of law to the national legal system was completed.