WHAT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN RUSSIA?

Author(s): Kisliy O.A., Isaeva M.A.

Rubric: Content, problems and trends in the development of public law

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2021-2-12-16

Release: 2021-2 (28)

Pages: 12-16

Keywords: legitimacy, reconstruction of the legitimacy of the formula, constitutional authoritarianism, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Russian constitutional reform 2020, constitutional amendments, constitutionalism

Annotation: One of the important resources for the sustainability of all political regimes is legitimacy. According to the general theory of legitimacy, the reasons and conditions for placing trust in the society of the dominant political class for finding it in power are explained, using the available symbolic, moral and legal tools to guarantee self-legitimation. If we talk about modern states governed by the rule of law, then the basis of legitimacy is usually associated with the national supreme law – the constitution, that is, its fundamental values, principles and norms, just like the approval of them by society regarding their application by state institutions and officials. Each significant revision of the main state at the same time means both a challenge to the previously established legitimacy and an attempt to “make a new constructor”. The nationwide vote on amendments to the Constitution, held from June 25 to July 1, 2020, revealed that the public’s credit of the current concept of public administration and personally to the head of state during the previous presidential elections has been proven.

Bibliography: Kisliy O.A., Isaeva M.A. WHAT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN RUSSIA? // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2021. – № 2 (28). – С. 12-16. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2021-2-12-16