Decree Law in the Mechanism of Constitutional Modernization
https://doi.org/10.25205/2542-0410-2023-19-1-5-15
Abstract
The article analyzes the influence of the decree right on the process of transforming the political institutions of modern Russia, considers the practice of the functioning of the Russian presidency in terms of determining the priority directions for the development of the state, national goals and modernization of the constitutional space of Russia. The study raises the problem of the correlation of this practice with the doctrines of liberal republicanism and the separation of powers. The author made an attempt to show that the phenomenon of decree law has a progressive significance for the constitutional development of Russia and can be aimed at expanding the use of forms of deliberative democracy in domestic constitutionalism. It is concluded that it is necessary to improve the control over the implementation of the program and political acts of the head of state by the presidential administration and the introduction of guarantees for the participation of the legal scientific community in the process of discussing constitutional amendments.
Keywords
head of state,
president,
constitutional modernization,
presidential decrees,
separation of powers,
deliberative democracy
Supporting agencies: The study was funded by Russian Science Foundation according to the research project No. 23-28-00627; https://rscf.ru/en/project/23-28-00627
About the Author
S. E. Drobot
Novosibirsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Semyon E. Drobot, Candidate of Sciences in Law, senior lecturer, Department of theory and history of state and law, constitutional law
Novosibirsk
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Drobot S.E. Decree Law in the Mechanism of Constitutional Modernization. Juridical science and practice. 2023;19(1):5-15. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2542-0410-2023-19-1-5-15
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