Abstract: The article deals with the modern tendencies of the state–confession relations’ development on the European area. The author analyses constitutions of the European countries from the point of religion phenomenon; investigates the influence of international documents and the European Court of the human rights practice on national legislation of freedom of worship.

Keywords: State, church, freedom of worship, international and national legislation

Contact information: Sobolevskaya Yuliya Vladimirovna, sobolevskaya@ach.gov.ru

Abstract: In article are considered the role and evolution of the French parliament in system of constitutionally institutes of V Republic, a particular, the expansion of its toolkit in information support, the analysis of efficiency of laws accepted by it etc. The special attention is given to the constitutional reform of 2008 which expands parliament possibilities in legislative work, allocates with its additional powers on control of the governmental activity, strengthens a role of parliamentary opposition.

Keywords: comparative law, France, Parliament, system of constitutional institutes, V Republic, constitutional reform, parliamentary opposition

Contact information: Pilipenko Anatoly Nickolaevich, foreign2@izak.ru