The concept of political struggle in constitutional law
https://doi.org/10.52468/2542-1514.2025.9(4).68-77
Abstract
The subject of research is the political struggle in its constitutional and legal survey.
The purpose of research is to identify the legal nature and formulate the concept of political struggle in constitutional law, as well as to determine its attributes and properties, features of the object, goals, objectives and subjects in accordance with doctrinal provisions and domestic law enforcement practice.
The research methods. To gain the results of the research the interdisciplinary approach, formal-legal method, as well as the method of system analysis of legal phenomena and interpretation of legal norms are applied.
The main results. The significance of the phenomenon of political struggle in a democratic state to ensure the solution of problems of legalization and legitimation of state power, as well as the principle effect of its replaceability is substantiated. The political struggle occurs inside the state and has a direct impact on it, and so, predetermines the consolidation of constitutional principles and limits of its implementation in the Basic Law of the state. The main constitutional and legal features of the political struggle in the Russian Federation are its open and legal nature, its principles of equality and political pluralism, the special parties involved in political activity, the existence of a special goal and legal means to achieve it. The constitutional and legal limits of the political struggle are presented in article 3 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. By means of comparison with correlating legal concepts and categories of the conflict, competition, opposition, activity and process, it is determined that the political struggle should be attributed to the legal process in its broad sense according to formal-legal characteristics. A detailed characterization of the stages of the political struggle is given on the basis of the peculiarities of its object, goals, objectives and participants. The formulated theoretical framework is critical for effective law enforcement in the electoral and parliamentary processes.
Conclusion. The political struggle in the constitutional law should be defined as an open and legal domestic process, including a system of constitutional and legal relations associated with obtaining and preserving the state (municipal) power, as well as with the exercise of authoritative powers by the legislative (representative) body centered around the principles of equality and political pluralism, also intended to ensure the legalization, legitimation and replaceability of state (municipal) power.
About the Author
Ya. A. Konovalchikov
Siberian Institute of Management, a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Россия
Россия
Yaroslav A. Konovalchikov – PhD in Law, Head, Department of Theory and History of State and Law
6, Nizhegorodskaya ul., 630102, Novosibirsk
References
1. Knyazev S.D. Stability of the constitution and significance thereof for the modern Russian federalism. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2015, no. 1, pp. 4–12. (In Russ.).
2. Tikhonova V.Ya. The concept of "struggle" in the Russian language picture of the world, Cand. Diss. Thesis. Tyumen, 2005. 22 p. (In Russ.).
3. Andreichenko G.V., Grachev V.D. (eds.). Philosophy, Textbook. Stavropol, Stavropol State University Publ., 2001. 245 p. (In Russ.).
4. Alimov V.Sh. Theme of struggle in philosophical source materials. Vestnik Chelyabinskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta = Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University, 2016, no. 5, pp. 113–117. (In Russ.).
5. Borshch A.A. Political struggle as a tool for forming an environment for ensuring national security of the state in the context of globalization, Doct. Diss. Thesis. Moscow, 2014. 53 p. (In Russ.).
6. Zaikin A.A. Political Struggle as a Struggle for Leadership and Power. Upravlencheskoe konsul'tirovanie = Administrative Consulting, 2019, no. 7, pp. 17–24. DOI: 10.22394/1726-1139-2019-7-17-24. (In Russ.).
7. Loginova N.A. Political power: formation and functioning in modern Russia (political and legal aspect), Cand. Diss. Thesis. Moscow, 1992. 23 p. (In Russ.).
8. Romanchuk I.S. Properties and features of sate-power relations. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2010, no. 11, pp. 6–8. (In Russ.).
9. Alekseev S.S. General permissions and prohibitions in Soviet law. Moscow, 1989. 288 p. (In Russ.).
10. Strebkov A.I., Aldaganov M.M., Antipov V.A. Thematic field and the structure of conflict studies as a science and educational discipline. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo universiteta. Seriya 6. Filosofiya. Kul'turologiya. Politologiya. Pravo. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya = Vestnik of Saint Petersburg State University. Series 6. Philosophy. Culturology. Political science. Law. International relations, 2009, no. 3, pp. 249–261. (In Russ.).
11. Kinash Y.S. Concept of political conflict: the essay of inter-disciplinary analysis. Problemnyi analiz i gosudarstvennoe upravlencheskoe proektirovanie: politologiya, ekonomika, pravo = Problem Analysis and Public Administration Projection, 2013, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 59–71. (In Russ.).
12. Khudoikina T.V. Legal conflict: theoretical and applied research, Doct. Diss. Thesis. Nizhny Novgorod, 2002. 58 p. (In Russ.).
13. Kozyrev G.I. Political conflictology, Teaching aid, 2nd ed. Moscow, 2022. 403 p. (In Russ.).
14. Ospanov T.A. Political competition in Russia: constitutional and legal aspects, Cand. Diss. Thesis. Moscow, 2015. 23 p. (In Russ.).
15. Dolgikh F.I. Political competition in Russia and political parties. Gosudarstvennaya vlast' i mestnoe samoupravlenie = State power and local self-government, 2019, no. 2, pp. 9–14. (In Russ.).
16. Avak’an S.A. Constitutional and legal status of political parties in Russia, Teaching aid. Moscow, 2011. 320 p. (In Russ.).
17. Vasil'eva S.V. Constitutional and legal guarantees of opposition activity. Gosudarstvennaya vlast' i mestnoe samoupravlenie = State power and local self-government, 2009, no. 2, pp. 6–10. (In Russ.).
18. Salikhov D.R. Oppositional activity in Russia: problems and perspectives. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2011, no. 7, pp. 52–56. (In Russ.).
19. Shakhrai S.M. (ed.). Constitutional Law of the Russian Federation, Textbook for academic undergraduate and graduate studies. Moscow, 2017. 624 p. (In Russ.).
20. Zor’kin V.D. (ed.). Comments on the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article by article, 2nd ed. Moscow, Norma Publ., Infra-M Publ., 2011. 1007 р. (In Russ.).
21. Alebastrova I.A. Majority and minority in democratic political system: on the issue of guarantees of the status of opposition. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2015, no. 1, pp. 17–23. (In Russ.).
22. Belyaev V.P. Control and supervision as forms of legal activity: issues of theory and practice, Doct. Diss. Thesis. Saratov, 2006. 55 p. (In Russ.).
23. Shagieva R.V. The concept of legal activity in modern society, Doct. Diss. Thesis. Moscow, 2006. 40 p. (In Russ.).
24. Chufarovsky Yu.V. Legal activity: the concept and structure, its value and significance. Yurist = Jurist, 1999, no. 4, pp. 13–18. (In Russ.).
25. Moskovchenko Yu.S. Administrative and legal protection of political rights of Russian citizens, Cand. Diss. Thesis. Moscow, 2006. 32 p. (In Russ.).
26. Soldatova O.E. The legal process as a category of the general theory of law. Izvestiya Altaiskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta = Izvestiya of Altai State University, 2014, no. 2, pp. 152–156. DOI: 10.14258/izvasu(2014)2.2-29. (In Russ.).
27. Kazantsev P.G. The concept of a legal process and its signs. Arbitrazhnyi i grazhdanskii protsess = Arbitrazh and Civil Procedure, 2008, no. 12, pp. 2–5. (In Russ.).
28. Bakhrah D.N. The legal process: concept, features and types. Gosudarstvo i pravo = State and law, 2009, no. 7, pp. 82–86. (In Russ.).
29. Khudoley D.M. The concept of the electoral process. Vestnik Permskogo universiteta. Yuridicheskie nauki = Perm University herald. Juridical sciences, 2015, no. 2, pp. 18–28. (In Russ.).
30. Fedorin S. The issue of power in the history of philosophy. Izvestiya Rossiiskogo gosudarstvennogo pedagogicheskogo universiteta imeni A. I. Gertsena = Izvestia: Herzen university journal of humanities & sciences, 2009, no. 87, pp. 37–49. (In Russ.).
31. Abdulazizov T.G. The power as the political basis of law. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2009, no. 21, pp. 4–8. (In Russ.).
32. Dobrynin N.M. The constitutional principle of unity of the public government system: on the evolution of municipal administration in Russia. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2022, no. 11, pp. 13–20. (In Russ.).
33. Malyutin N.S. Public power. 2024. Available at ConsultantPlus. (In Russ.).
34. Yugov A.A. The unified public government system: the concept and general characteristics. Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo = Constitutional and municipal law, 2022, no. 2, pp. 16–22. (In Russ.).
35. Zabelina E.P. The Constitutional Nature of Municipal Power. Aktual'nye problemy rossiiskogo prava = Actual Problems of Russian Law, 2023, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 103–111. DOI: 10.17803/1994-1471.2023.155.10.103-111. (In Russ.).
36. Chirkin V.E. Legalization and legitimization of state power. Gosudarstvo i pravo = State and law, 1995, no. 8, pp. 65–73. (In Russ.).
37. Pescherov G.I. Political extremism in modern conditions globalization of mankind: historical facts, problems and solutions, in: Profilaktika proyavlenii ekstremizma i terrorizma kak faktor obespecheniya sotsial'noi bezopasnosti v sovremennoi Rossii, Proceeding of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference, Mosocw, RUDN University Publ., 2017, pp. 243–250. (In Russ.).
38. Dolgopolov A.V. Modern understanding of the essence and substance of war. Vestnik Akademii voennykh nauk, 2017, no. 1, pp. 41–47. (In Russ.).
39. Kondrashev A.A. Removability of state power as a constitutional value. Rossiiskii yuridicheskii zhurnal = Russian juridical journal, 2016, no. 3, pp. 90–99. (In Russ.).
40. Cherepanov V.A. On Legal Issues of the Alternation of Power. Zhurnal rossiiskogo prava = Journal of Russian Law, 2020, no. 11, pp. 30–44. DOI: 10.12737/jrl.2020.131. (In Russ.).
Review
For citations:
Konovalchikov Ya.A. The concept of political struggle in constitutional law. Law Enforcement Review. 2025;9(4):68-77. https://doi.org/10.52468/2542-1514.2025.9(4).68-77
Views:
34
JATS XML
Email this article 