Vector of Constitutionalization: The Russian Law on the Way to Identity

Abstract

The article raises the problem of radical rethinking of the branch structure of modern legal science in connection with objectively predetermined changes in the subject of constitutional law. The analysis of a wide range of actual scientific positions leads to the conclusion that the subject characteristic of the modern science of the Russian constitutional law reveals the functions traditionally inherent in the theory of law and the state. In close connection with the philosophy of judicial constitutionalism, it is responsible for the full development of the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the development of a universal concept of law from the standpoint of constitutional law, plays a leading role in the development of the theory of constitutionalization of the national legal system and the theory of the use of constitutional rights. In General, this perception of the nature and purpose of the science of constitutional law remains rather controversial. However, according to the author, it is currently the only vector of scientific identity for jurisprudence.