Kokotova M.A. The value basis for the verification of constitutionality of laws on complaints of citizens in France and Russia

Abstract: The subject of this research is the specific constitutional control on complaints of the citizens in the Constitutional Council of France and Constitutional Court of Russia. The purpose of this work is to determine the specific aspects of constitutional control with regards to citizens’ complaints from the perspective of its doctrinal and value bases. In this context, a review is made of the notions such as “human rights” and “general (public) interest” and their meaning within the practice of the reviewed branches and doctrine. A special attention is given to the values that express these notions, as well as the analysis to the correlation of these notions. The author concludes that specificity of the subsequent control on the citizens’ complaints consists in the approach, which involves private interest into the argument. At the same time, the branches of constitutional control are searching for a balance between protection of human rights and public interest, both of which simultaneously represent value categories.

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