In this paper we try to analyse each of the principles on which local public administration is based in Romania. After describing their content we have tried to point out, in a critical manner, some of the aspects regarding these principles, aspects that are not yet very clear.We refer here to the followingss: the unsubstantiality regarding the legal document they are stipulated in, the principle’s more or less theoretical approach, the possibility of hierarchizing them or the existence and use in the administration daily life of other aspects such as collaboration, that are not yet officially declared as principles.