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Savchyn Mykhailo. Modern Tendencies of Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism. It reveals the structure of domestic constitutionalism against the background of strengthening authoritarian tendencies and phenomena of globalization and regionalization in the law. Describes the constitutional law in the legal system, interaction of national sovereignty with supranationality in the law, ensuring legal security and the application of foreign law in order to develop common standards and approaches in judicial decisions, and the relationship with deliberative democracy, economic freedom and human rights. It is concluded that the key to understanding the trends of modern constitutionalism is a legal tradition that is sustainable reproduction and multiplication of rules and procedures based on the old rules. Key words: authoritarianism, constitutionalism, human rights, national sovereignty, supranationality.
Modern Constitutionalism Tendencies in Context of Globalization and Legal Pluralism
Savchyn Mykhaylo (2018) Modern Constitutionalism Tendencies in Context of Globalization and Legal Pluralism2018 •
Modern constitutionalism transformation takes place being influenced by a number of factors. Its essence is determined by the interdisciplinary character, legal pluralism, and humanitarian measurement of law and globalization and fragmentation processes in law. The monograph defines basic tendencies in the modern constitutionalism development and their impact on the national constitutional tradition in Ukraine. According to Thomas Kuhn, in case a critical mass of deviations from the accepted norms of solving certain problems is being accumulated, a change of a relevant paradigm of thinking and concepts appears to be necessary. Therefore, the above shortcoming shall be overcome by means of an objective, comprehensive and integrated analysis of available information sources and carriers, as well as due to a careful following the scientific research procedures and reliable verification of their results. The above verification must go beyond the traditional horizon of knowledge and doctrines. It should be emphasized that the national law science in the field of public law has not developed certain original doctrine yet, since it deals with searching the ways of going away from the soviet mode of thinking that oppresses by its dogmatism, scholastics and excessive abstraction, which is sometimes emasculated to the level of cold and insolent inhumanity. In the conditions of the transitive constitutional democracy, many will depend on the solution of the 'human rights – safety' and 'democracy – social market economy' dilemmas. In this work, an attempt was made to specify the principles of the societal constitutionalism, within the framework of which the society on the basis of the rules of subsidiary organization and self-organization ensures functioning of an efficient system of human right protection and economic democracy. However, to do this, one has to, dependent on the type of society, construct a clear mechanism of transition from the command-and-control economy to the open social market economy. In any case, understanding of a multi-level nature of the public power is critically important, and this shall be possible just by using the synthetism tools and comparative constitutional law. For the transitive constitutional democracies, the application of the positive lawmaking experience and standards of legal decision argumentation acceptable for the national constitutional tradition acquires a special significance due to the democratic legality and importance of asserting the constitutional valuables. The multi-level and multi-functional orientation of law determines the role of the individual as the responsible and free person, who has to act in the society according to certain rules and to influence their further development in the context of a certain legal tradition. This imprints at the national constitutional traditions. Now carrying out the comparative research in the constitutional law is extremely urgent due to the extension of social relationships between the representatives of different legal cultures taking into account the tendency of merging the national legislations and the integration processes. The humanitarian measure testifies to the fact that the comparative research should be carried out in the context of ensuring the fundamental rights and freedoms, solidarity in the society, transformation of generally accepted principles and norms of international law into the national legal order. When solving the problem of delegation by Ukraine of a part of its sovereign powers to the supranational institutions, one has, first and foremost, to assume the ensuring of the national interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. Today merging the national constitutional traditions has a character of horizontal relations and is due to the competition between the judicial jurisdictions of the national and supranational institutions. The interaction between the political institutions is often of a conflict type and this stipulates the use of the long standing and cumbersome procedures of ensuring the balance of interests. An obvious crisis of the contemporary constitutional order related to a quite inert mechanism of reaction to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation is an evidence of it. This means that within the framework of the UN Statute and activities of its institutions – the General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice and some other bodies – the consent to the involvement of offender into the procedure is always foreseen, and this is a potential formal reason for blocking the regulation procedure. The debates on reforming the UN and UN institution functioning are in action now. That is why the international law constitutionalization is observed today in Europe, though the EU institutional basis is in the systemic crisis as well. Much depends on the relationship between the national constitutional tradition and the global law that now is being coming up. The constitutional traditions are made of the social values reflected by the consensus in society that are the target of certain political measures introduced by the elite of society and directed to the provision of its continuity. At the same time, the constitutional tradition of Ukraine is closely related to the problems of continuity and discontinuity influenced by a long-term social discourse between the authoritarianism and democracy. By this is meant not only a discussion of ideological or doctrinal character, but also a certain consequence of actions directed to implementation of such ideas into life applying them as a kind of instrument in the political process, jurisprudence etc. Current Constitution of Ukraine is too much conservative regarding the possibility of delegating a part of the sovereign authorities to the supranational institutions. Modern doctrine of constitutionalism sees here no risk for the national state, because in such a way the state receives the instruments of influence on the regional and global levels that promote better protection of national interests and realization of the national sovereignty on the supranational level. In this relation, there is a need in changing the constitutional sovereignty formula since it must be treated just as the national one, i.e. the sovereignty of the Ukrainian people organized into the state. The well-detailed procedures of parliamentary control and constitutional review must be the warranties of ensuring the constitutional mechanism of the above delegation taking into account the foreign experience based on the protection of such values as the human rights and fundamental freedoms. In case of introducing the bicameralism, the land authorities must also be included into the process of adopting the foreign political decisions via the upper chamber, inter alia, concerning the problems of regional self-governing and cross-border cooperation. Fixing the provision that the acts related to the delegation of a part of the sovereign authorities to the supranational institutions must be finally approved at the national referendum and be the object of the judicial constitutional control is also very important. Constitution needs protection. This is achieved by means of both ordinary and extraordinary means. Protection of constitutional values in the conditions of a proxy-war, threats to the nation living ability, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is of particular significance. Solving this problem is generally related not to applying the extraordinary measures, but to the integral functioning of the constitutional system with its institutions and procedures having a synergetic effect for preventing and overcoming the negative risks for the human rights, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The experience gained by the foreign states in the filed of functioning of institutions and procedures of protecting the constitutional order (values) is important here. The main criterion of this, taking into account the foreign experience, is restriction of free discretion of governmental decisions when applying the extraordinary measures, since the menace of abuse, or, in extremis, treason felony always exists. Therefore, it is critical to diversify the means of the parliamentary control and constitutional review. This stipulates a certain amount of independence granted to each link and stage of the process of authoritative decision adoption.
Savchyn M.V. Constitutionalism and а nature of constitution: theory and practice of realization. – Manuscript. Thesis for obtaining a scientific degree of Doctor of the Sciences (Law) on the specialty 12.00.02 – constitutional law; municipal law. — National Academy of Interior Affaires, Kyiv, 2013. Dissertation is devoted research of constitutionalism and nature of constitution as the legal phenomenon. Author conception of seeing of constitutionalism is offered as the complex legal phenomenon from which nature of constitution hatches in the concrete type of society. Nature is exposed, structure and typology of constitutionalism is given, in particular to his influence on transformation of usually and religious legal system and on the phenomenon of globalization in a law. Constitutionalism is based on national constitutional traditions, which predetermine plural forms of his display. Being the product of development of Christian-Judaic civilization, the structural elements of constitutionalism gradually implemented in religiously traditional laws and order. It is predefined the unique nature of constitutionalization of any society, integration of which is provided by achieving a public consensus in relation to base social values which make its basis. By such base positions, which are today acknowledged in quality universal: human dignity, balance of private and public interests, equality, justice, equity, solidarism, rule of law. Essence is reflected constitutional values as to the result of public consensus in relation to constitutional defense of the certain social goods, which predetermine maintenance and structure of constitutional principles and norms, logic and direction of development of the constitutional phenomenon and processes. The three-links structure of constitutional values is resulted: universal, attributive and institutional. Their analysis is given through the prism of constitutional doctrine, jurisprudence and legislation. A constitution mortgages fundamental principles of the national legal system and determines main directions of its development. That is why a constitutional right can be presented rather as a system of fundamental principles of national law. At the same time a constitutional law – it also the aggregate of norms which have concrete character and based directly on positions of constitution. In this relation a constitution determines the mechanism of parcel of land plenary powers of organs of public power, to which in the system of representative democracy these prerogatives are delegated people for the sake of providing of law and order and achievement publicly of meaningful aims (defense of basic rights and freedoms, safety of individual, development of national culture and cultures of national minorities and others like that). Nature of constitution is exposed through the prism of its legal force in the national legal system, which determines the general parameters of development of public and private law, owns a horizontal effect in a private and social right, provides constitutionalization of international law and legitimating of transmission of part of sovereign powers of the state on the supranational level of public power. Mechanism of action of constitution as system of legal facilities of constituent power, its realization, interpretation and legal defense defined. A legal force of constitution is the integrate index of display of its normative nature and dynamics of constitutional legal relationships. A constitution mortgages fundamental principles of the national legal system and determines main directions of its development. Action of constitution and constitutional norms predefined sentinels, spatial scopes, and also practical activity of people in the state organized society. There is continuity of the constitutional phenomena and processes in the sentinel measuring, a certain «constitutional inheritance» as aggregate of constitutional norms and procedures accumulates as a result. In a spatial plan there is a variety of constitutional order, which are predefined above all things the features of certain legal system and constitutional tradition, and necessities of adjusting of co-operation between them, in particular by creation of supranational institutes. Сonstitutional tradition Ukraine at the present stage of development of constitutionalism has a transitional character on based of the analysis of the rich theoretical and empirical material is concluded. The constitutional tradition in Ukraine has a specific character, since it is characterized as continuity and discontinuity. The continuity of constitutional tradition in Ukraine is that the basis of most constitutional acts laid (which is typical in general and the current Constitution of Ukraine) idea of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, parliamentary, executive functioning, based on arbitrary functions of head of state, the implementation of effective model of local government. Discontinuity of Ukrainian constitutionalism is manifested in the fact that not all constitutional acts were put in place through complex geopolitical, social, domestic factors. The source also discongtinuity is weakness constitutional traditions of governance in an independent state, which now also contains potential threats and challenges posed by the need to integrate Ukraine into supranational power. Key words: constitution, constitutional tradition, constitutionalism, mechanism of legal force of constitution, nature of constitution, rule of law.
Монографія присвячена конституційним та міжнародним аспектам передачі частини повноважень держави наднаціональним інститутам та об’єднанням на засадах методології правового плюралізму та багаторівневого конституціоналізму. У виданні висвітлено еволюцію та сучасний стан доктрини національного суверенітету в конституційному та адміністративному праві, визначено конституційний механізм передачі частини національного суверенітету наднаціональним інститутам та адміністративно-правовий механізм втілення їх рішень у життя. Окрему увагу приділено питанням забезпечення національного суверенітету і територіальній цілісності в умовах життєвих загроз нації. Видання адресоване науковцям, викладачам і студентам юридичних факультетів, фахівцям у галузі публічного урядування, а також практикуючим юристам, експертам та працівникам органів публічної влади, незалежних установ та агенцій, які здійснюють окремі функції публічної влади.
Публічна власність : проблеми теорії і практики : монографія / під заг. ред. В.А. Устименка
Public Ownership_monogr_308str.pdf2014 •
У монографії розкрито особливості правового регулювання відносин публічної власності у змішаній економіці. Виявлено загальні та спеціальні ознаки публічної власності. Узагальнено зарубіжний досвід правового регулювання відносин публічної власності. Здійснено комплексний аналіз відносин публічної власності із використанням методів та засобів конституційного, господарського та кримінального права. Для науковців, викладачів, аспірантів, студентів юридичних і економічних спеціальностей вищих навчальних закладів, юристів-практиків, працівників органів державної влади і місцевого самоврядування, всіх тих, хто цікавиться проблематикою правового регулювання відносин публічної власності.
Constitutional Order Ensuring and the State of War
Savchyn_Constitutional Order Ensuring and War State.pdf2017 •
In the article the constitutional mechanism of ensuring constitutional order in the conditions of war is discloses. The nature, systems and models of extraordinary legal regimes in the focus of ensuring constitutional order are analyzed. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the order of application of the presidentʼs prerogatives, parliamentary oversight and judicial control in the conditions of cyber-warfare, ʼhybridʼ, economic, information warfareʼs as certain antitheses of the conventional warfare the provision of constitutional order was disclosed. The authorʼs approach to using the means of restoration of the constitutional order in the occupied by the Russian Federation and the structures managed and financed by this state in certain territories of Ukraine and ensuring good administration in case of liberation of these territories from occupation is substantiated. Key words: human rights and freedoms, hybrid warfare, constitutional order, constitutional review, due process of law, martial law, parliamentary oversight, warfare.
Збірка статей учасників ІІ Міжнародного круглого столу (м. Львів, 24–26 листопада 2017 року)
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Права людини: філософські, теоретико-юридичні та політологічні виміри: збірка статей учасників ІІ Міжнародного круглого столу (м. Львів, 24–26 листопада 2017 року). – Львів: ЛОБФ «Медицина і право», 2018. С. 89–92.
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