The direct application of the Constitution: the making and providing guarantees by constitutional justice

The Constitution in the real legal life is the most important factor for the stable and effective development of the modern statehood, but its actual impact on the social practice is often restrained by difficulties and contradictions caused by unwillingness, inability or unwillingness to follow constitutional principles. Although the modern doctrine of law has formally rejected the ideologically and politically motivated conception of the Constitution inherent in earlier era, there is still a strong need of serious efforts of public authorities and civil society to make the Constitution a real legal instrument for governing and handling social and public relations, securing and reinforce its abilities of direct action. The article explains the key role of constitutional justice in the promotion and strengthening (even amplifying) the regulatory and normative power of the “living” Constitution’s direct action. There is also a strong need for the establishment of the regime of unconditional judicial guarantees of constitutional values, principles, norms, considering current challenges of globalization of legal systems.

About the authors: Nikolay Bondar’ – Doctor of Sciences in Law, Judge, Russian Constitutional Court; Armen Dzhagaryan – Doctor of Sciences in Law, Advisor to Judge, Russian Constitutional Court.

Citation: Bondar' N., Dzhagaryan A. (2016) Pryamoye deystvie konstitutsii: genera­tsiya i garantirovanie konstitutsionnym pravosudiem [The direct application of the Constitution: the making and providing guarantees by constitutional justice]. Sravnitel'noe konstitutsionnoe obozrenie, no.3, pp.52–78. (In Russian).

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