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Kokotov, A.N. On the direct effect of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Abstract: The article concerns analysis of topical issues regarding direct effect of provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 on the basis of existing relevant theoretical sources and judicial practice. The author provides a definition of direct effect of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in broad and narrow meanings. Direct effect of the Constitution in the broad sense is presented as a correspondence of de jure and de facto constitution, presence of constitutionalism as a regime of constitutional government in a society. Direct effect of the Constitution in the narrow sense is understood as use, compliance, implementation, and application of constitutional provisions no matter whether they were specified within the branches of legislation, and if necessary, instead of such specialized legal provisions. Special attention is paid to the direct application of the norms of the Constitution by the judicial bodies. The author touches upon the issue of the limitations to the direct effect of constitutional norms, and he shows the limitations of their regulating effect in the sphere of constitutional responsibility measures. He discuses the role of constitutional judicial bodies, and, first of all, of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in the sphere of guarantees of direct effect of constitutional norms. The author also shows the value of the mechanism for the enforcement of constitutional legal decisions in the sphere of guarantees of direct effect of the provisions of the Constitution.


Keywords:

judicial application of law, the Constitutional Court, limitations to the direct effect, state guarantees, direct effect of the Constitution, constitutionalism, the Constitution, implementation of decisions, direct enforcement of decisions, guaranteed of implementation of decisions.


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