Direct effect and application of provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation: the question of the delimitation of concepts
https://doi.org/10.24147/2542-1514.2018.2(1).31-39
Abstract
The article is devoted to the theoretical and practical problems of direct effect of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
The purpose of the study is the delineation of concepts of direct action and the direct application of the Constitution. The proposed topic is very relevant, because nowadays, when the Russian Federation is striving to build a rule-of-law state and a developed civil society, the theoretical and practical bases of the direct action of Constitution require a scientific justification.
The methodological basis of the study was: a formal-logical method that made it possible to clarify the properties of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, distinguishing it from the statics and dynamics from other regulatory legal acts. The practice of direct enforcement of the Constitution was analyzed with formal-legal method.
The authors analyzed theoretical material: the works of Vengerov A.B., Vitruk N.V., Grevtsov Yu.I., Kokotov A.N., Kravets I.A., Lychin V.O., Nevinskii V.V., Ebzeev B.S., - as well as empirical data - decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and other courts.
The authors came to the conclusion that the direct effect of the Constitution of the Russian Federation is a legal feature of the norms of the Basic Law, that are implemented irrespective of the existence of normative legal acts that specify them. Even if it is necessary to specify the norms of the Constitution, clarifying rules are created on the basis of constitutional legal requirements and only develop them for the purpose of implementation. Direct application of the Constitutional rules is only one of the forms of its implementation, according to Art.15 (1) of Russian Constitution.About the Authors
E. S. Anichkin
Altai State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Law, Head, Department of Labor, Environmental Law and Litigation.
SPIN-code: 2822-8747, AuthorID: 260595
T. I. Ryakhovskaya
Siberian Institute of Management – a branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Department of Theory of State and Law.
SPIN-code: 2018-8126, AuthorID: 501976
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Anichkin E.S., Ryakhovskaya T.I. Direct effect and application of provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation: the question of the delimitation of concepts. Law Enforcement Review. 2018;2(1):31-39. https://doi.org/10.24147/2542-1514.2018.2(1).31-39
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