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Petrov, A.A. The Constitution of Russia: a view from the standpoint of theory of hierarchical multi-level systems

Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of singling out hierarchically organized levels within the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The author formulates the problem regarding the presence of a number of hierarchically organized levels within the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The author studies specific features of the part 2 of the Art. 16 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation from the standpoint of the conflict of laws norms. It is noted that novelty and unique character of this norm were duly appreciated by the researchers and writers of commentaries to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. It is stressed that such a type of regulation finds no theoretical basis in the traditional theories of legal hierarchies. It is offered to use the theory of hierarchical multi-level systems for the analysis of the situation. From the standpoint of the theory of hierarchical multi-level systems the author views the specific features of the hierarchical priority of conceptual provisions for the fundamentals of the constitutional order in the structure of the Constitution. It is noted that these conceptual provisions behind the specific norms and normative generalizations form one of the ultimate bases for the legal decision-making and interpretation of law.


Keywords:

the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the fundamentals of the constitutional order, hierarchy, priority, Constitutionalism, meaning of law, constitutional principles, hierarchy theory, constitutional structure, theory of law.


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