Manifestation of Direct Application of Constitutional Norms in the Field of Law Enforcement
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https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:C/2023.14.2.061Keywords:
constitutional norm, direct application, interpretation of Constitution, supremacy of Constitution, application of Constitution, applying to the Constitutional court, constitutional justiceAbstract
The article refers to the application of constitutional norms by the courts and the interpretation given in the practice of the Constitutionl Court. In particular, the right of a person to seek judicial linitgation to protect his/her constitutional rights, the jurisdiction of the courts to apply the Constitution, the relantionship between the principle of supremacy of Constitution and the concept of implementantion of Constitution, the duty of ordinary courts to appeal to the Constitutional court and simultaneously justify unconstitutionality of a legislative norm, have become the subject of discussion. The article proposes an effective application of the constitutional nroms, introduction of flexible and applicable mechanisms for constitutional justice.
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See Нерсесянц В. С. Общая теория права и государства. Учебник для юридических вузов и факультетов. – М.: Издательская группа НОРМА—ИНФРА-М, 1999. – 485с., available at՝ http://kursach.com/biblio/0010019/507.htm (02.02.2020)
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In a similar way, the decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation "On some issues of the application of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in the administration of justice by the courts" states: “According to the Article 15 (1) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution has the highest legal force, direct effect and is applied throughout the territory of the Russian Federation. (…) In cases where a provision of the Constitution contains a reference, the courts must apply the law governing that relationship when considering the case. In case of uncertainty regarding the compliance of the law to be applied in a specific case with the Constitution, the court applies to the Constitutional Court with an application regarding the question of the compliance of the law with the Constitution”. - see Пленум верховного суда Российской Федерации: Постановление от 31 октября 1995 г. N 8 ՛՛О некоторых вопросах применения судами Конституции Российской Федерации при осуществлении правосудия՛՛
See Constitutional Court CCD-1459 decision of May 7, 2019.
However, in our opinion, this decision again does not clearly reveal the essence of the possibility of applying the constitutional norm by the courts.
Ukraine has adopted a different approach in this matter, ensuring the right of a person to have his case examined within a reasonable time. In particular, if the court finds that the current law does not comply with the Constitution, it applies the constitutional norm as a directly applicable norm, and after making its decision, it refers to the Supreme Court to resolve the question of the constitutionality of the contested legal norm in the Constitutional Court-see Judge Tetiana Brezina The principle of direct effect of the norms of the constitution and the specifics of its application by the court, National law journal: Theory and practice- 2008, p. 28: available at՝ http://www.jurnaluljuridic.in.ua/archive/2018/1/part_2/8.pdf
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