The role of comparative analysis in the research of the mechanism of legal protection of the Constitution at the present stage of the domestic branch of Constitutional Law development
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/app2019.04.135Keywords:
comparative analysis, research method, comparative legal method, Constitution protection, mechanism of legal protection of Constitution, constitutional lawAbstract
The issues of comparative analysis using in the research of the mechanism of legal protection of the Constitution at the present stage of the domestic branch of Constitutional Law development are highlighted. Tasks, which should determine the use of comparative analysis in the research of the mechanism of legal protection of the Constitution, are distinguished and analyzed. The necessary stages for providing an objective comparative study of the mechanism of legal protection of the Constitution are revealed: 1) selection of the comparison criterion; 2) the research goals; 3) explanation and evaluation of the results.
It is emphasized that an important task for modern researchers is to consider legal comparatistics not as a means of operational change of national rules of law, but as a general scientific way of substantiating the necessity and consequences of such change.
The advantages of comparative analysis in the research of the mechanism of legal protection of the Constitution are considered: determination of the qualitative status of organizational and legal institutes of the Constitution of Ukraine protection and the Constitutions of foreign countries; identification of common problematic aspects of constitutional processes of different states; working out ways to overcome various problems in their realisation and improving the mechanism of the Constitution protection in Ukraine, improving the legislation, strengthening the law and order.
It is argued that taking into account foreign doctrines is particularly useful in cases of significant gaps in the national legislation or when one or another state intends to carry out serious reforms of its state-law institutions, without having sufficient experience in this.
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