Dobrynin, N.M. Constitutional legal science and Russian constitutionalism: searching for the way out of crisis.

Abstract: At the current stage of development of Russian statehood many politicians and legal professionals consider, that the call for amendments ot the Russian Constitution is a false alarm. The key argument for the preservation of the existing Constitution is relative political stability in the Russian society. At the same time everyone seems to acknowledge the “shopwindow” character of the Constitution as is. How can one avoid this contradiction and bring our Constitution into touch with reality? What is the role of the Russian science in this project? In this article N.M. Dobryunin expresses his view on this issue.