Abstract: В статье рассмотрена одна из наиболее злободневных тем конституционных дебатов в Европе, а именно, - отступления от демократических норм в конституциях некоторых новых государств-членов Европейского союза. Эта проблема недостаточно детально изучена как в российской политической науке, так и в российских правовых доктринах. Несмотря на то, что этому вопросу посвящено много различных работ в западной литературе, общий анализ политических и конституционных причин этого заметного регресса отсутствует. Автор использует кросс-культурный метод изучения законодательства, включающий в себя исторический подход с многочисленными политическими коннотациями. Инновационные особенности этой статьи включают характеристику особенностей перехода к демократии в Центральной и Восточной Европе. Рассмотрены механизмы обеспечения правопорядка в странах Европейского союза и причины их недостаточной эффективности, показана причина этой неэффективности, состоящая в незрелости системы демократических институций. Свою роль в этом играют также эмбриональное состояние политической культуры и недостаточно четкие конституционные рамки новых государств-членов ЕС, в том числе, некоторые недостатки в их конституционной инженерии.

Keywords: Конституционные дебаты, Волсточная Европа, Европейский Союз, правовые доктрины, демократические нормы, политическая культура, обеспечение правопорядка, демократические институции, конституционные рамки, конституционная инженерия

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References (transliteration):
Venice Commission. Report on the rule of law, 25-26 March 2011. URL: www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2011)003rev-e;
Krygier M. Rule of Law // M. Rosenfeld, A. Sajo (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 2015. PP. 233-249
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Bogdandy A., Sonnevend P. (eds.). Constitutional Crisis in the European Constitutional Area. Theory, Law and Politics in Hungary and Romania. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland. 2015.
Perju V. The Romanian double executive and the 2012 constitutional crisis // International Journal of Constitutional Law. 2015. Vol. 13. № 1.
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Kochenov D., Pech L. Monitoring and Enforcement of the Rule of Law in the EU: Rethoric and Reality // European Constitutional Law Review. 2015. Vol. 11, Issue 3. PP. 512-540.
Costa P., Zolo D. (eds.). Rule of Law: History, Theory and Criticism. Netherlands, Springer, 2007;
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Venice Commission. Rule of Law Checklist CDL-AD(2016)007, 18 March 2016. URL: www.biicl.org/documents/897_vc_rol_checklist_-_cdl-ad2016007-.pdf?showdocument=1;
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Di Gregorio A. Epurazioni e protezione della democrazia. Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2012.
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Di Gregorio A. La giustizia costituzionale in Russia. Milano, Giuffré, 2004.
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Klingsberg E. Safeguarding the Transition // East European Constitutional Review. 1993. Vol. 2, № 2. P. 44.
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Sólyom L. The Rise and Decline of Constitutional Culture in Hungary // Bogdandy A., Sonnevend P. (eds.). Constitutional Crisis in the European Constitutional Area. Theory, Law and Politics in Hungary and Romania. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland. 2015.