Gligich-Zolotareva, M.V. Verification of definitions of constitutional science vs. “attraction to commonplace”.

Abstract: Constitution of the Russian Federation provides for democratic, federal and legal character of Russian statehood. Much is written in the Constitution of the Russian Federation on sovereignty, right to self-determination and other key definitions of public law. Are these formulation subject to verification, and if so, to which extent? This issue is due to the fact that lately one may see the systemic crisis of traditional state institutions, since the “pillars” of the modern state — democracy, sovereignty, separation of powers — fail to meet the challenges of realities of modern and intensively changing world. The erosion of key definitions of public law yet grows, and since the constitutional legal science is a humanitarian science, definitions are important for it, losing them may be a catastrophe. Inventory of old and new myths on state and their demythologization, change of approach to them from awing and religious to strictly scientific shall support progress in search for solutions to the modern problems. Keywords: jurisprudence, state, science, law, verification, democracy, sovereignty, constitution, power, self-determination