From the “Living Constitution” to Judicial Constitutionalism: A Comparative Legal Concept of Russia and the USA
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From the “Living Constitution” to Judicial Constitutionalism: A Comparative Legal Concept of Russia and the USA
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Leonid G. Berlyavskiy 
Occupation: Dr. Sci. (History), Cand. Sci. (Law), Professor, Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Law Faculty, RSUE; Professor
Affiliation: Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Nikolay S. Bondar
Occupation: Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
Affiliation: Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Address: Russian Federation, St. Petersburg
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46-59
Abstract

Based o n t he a nalysis of the p eculiarities o f the domestic system of c onstitutional n ormative c ontrol and the practice of the transformative and evolutionary influence of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the Russian Constitution, as well as taking into account the theory and practice of constitutional interpretation that has been substantiated in the United States, the article proposes a comparative concept of the “living constitution”, considered in the aspect of the domestic doctrine of judicial constitutionalism. In accordance with this approach, constitutionalism as a special political and legal regime is actualized and developed through constitutional justice, taking into account the specific historical, socio-cultural conditions of functioning, turns on the basis of the developed legal positions of the Constitutional Court into a “living” (judicial) constitutionalism, taking into account its multilevel systemic characteristics in both doctrinal and normative and law enforcement manifestations, worldview perception. The implementation of the transformative function of constitutional justice is particularly important for Russia due to the increased practical relevance of constitutional reform issues. Doctrinally, many of the relevant problems are relatively new and controversial for Russian constitutional law science, which significantly increases the importance of comparative approaches to their research.

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constitutional justice, constitutionalism, Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Supreme Court of the United States, “living” constitution, normal inspection, constitutional interpretation
Date of publication
29.08.2024
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