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Constitutional identity and the spirit of the Constitution
 
PIIS013207690008685-5-1
DOI10.31857/S013207690008685-5
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Konstantin V. Karpenko 
Occupation: Associate Professor of the Constitutional Law department of Moscow state institute of international relations of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia
Affiliation: Moscow state institute of international relations of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameGosudarstvo i pravo
EditionIssue 3
Pages70-81
Abstract

This article presents a detailed analysis of the subordination of norms in the constitutional text. The author resorts to the H. Kelsen’s theory of law to show that there is indeed a hierarchy of provisions in any constitution. Such a vertical system of norms relates to the constitutional identity, which can be called the core of the constitution. As the constitutional identity features the legal order, it must be unamendable. Thus such provisions are on the top of constitution and their legal force is higher. The main conclusion is that the subordination of constitutional norms allows to enforce the constitutional review and makes it more accurate.

Keywordsconstitution, constitutional review, constitutional identity, subordination of norms, human rights, legal order, constitutional court
Received25.06.2019
Publication date31.03.2020
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