Constitutional Myths and Constitutional Illusions: About Heroic Past and Better Future = Конституциональные мифы и конституциональные иллюзии : о героическом прошлом и лучшем будущем
Год: 2018
Место издания: Moscow
ISBN: 978-5-7749-1404-3
Страниц: 61
Артикул: 78543
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This working paper provides insight into the essence, content and destiny of constitutional myths and illusions as “load-bearing elements” of constitutional order, government system and political regime. Special attention is paid to the analysis of individual constitutional myths and illusions, such as the doctrine of the sovereignty of the people, concept of social contract, nation-wide referendum, values of separation of powers, open government, etc., as well as examples of their embodiment in the Constitutions of Russia, China, the USA, France, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine, etc.
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The Positive Component and Purpose of the “Myths” and “Illusions”
What we get wrong and how to get it right
Origination and Destiny of Constitutional Illusions in Russia
Constitutional Illusions and Myths of Russia in the Period of their Dismantling
Post-Soviet Constitutional Mythology
Constitutional Myths Are Left Behind! Have Constitutional Illusions Ceased to Exist?
List of Literature
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50C M & C Isire to justify constitutional illusions post factum, make them look hav-ing come true in the course of time, at least in the context of the exist-ing government system or political regime.In fact, we are dealing with a cycle, in which constitutional illusions give birth to constitutional myths, which, in turn, are intended to justi-fy past historical events, produce the impression that those events took place for the sake of achieving more noble and idealistic goals. Referring to the assumption made by Karl Marx, Henry Tudor writes, “Marx, as we have just seen, suggests that the men of the French Revolution dressed their actions in a heroic disguise in order to conceal the true nature of their enterprise. Had they frankly confessed to themselves and to their fol-lowers that their real purpose was to create the conditions in which bour-geois trade and industry might fl ourish, they would never have been able to act with the zeal and enthusiasm which the task demanded.” [Tudor Hen-ry, 1972. P. 133] 1To establish presence or absence of constitutional illusions in some present-day societies, it may be interesting to analyze slogans of modern revolutions, predominantly defi ned as “velvet” or “color-coded”. Those who, answering the call of the heart or social media, get out to central squares of capital cities of countries situated on diff erent continents in order to take part in civil disobedience actions, normally do not do it un-der the banner of constitutional restructuring. The ideas, legal or politi-cal, entrenched in written Constitutions do not provoke rejection, “rev-olutions” do not set the goal of changing those Constitutions. On the contrary, political regimes are usually changed under the aegis of inde-feasible Constitutions — after successful “revolutions” (coups) new polit-ical regimes are formed within the framework of constitutional rules and procedures developed and tested by the overthrown politi...
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