Фларит Рашитович МУРАТШИН’s scientific contributions

The paper explains the reasons for the centralized decision taken at the federal legislative level to abolish constitutional (statutory) courts in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and to replace them with constitutional (statutory) councils attached to regional parliaments. The comparative analysis of the powers of the above-mentioned constitutional control bodies is carried out based on national and foreign expertise. The author suggests his own concept of constitutional (statutory) councils attached to regional Parliaments instead of constitutional (statutory) courts in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Purpose: to formulate conceptual framework and science-based recommendations for the formation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation new constitutional control bodies – constitutional (statutory) councils attached to regional Parliaments. Methods: the author uses theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic, historical methods, comparative methods, axiological methods. Results: the author concludes that the centralized replacement of the constitutional (statutory) courts in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation with constitutional (statutory) councils attached to regional Parliaments can be justified if the reorganization is carried out in a planned manner, consistently, with active cooperation with the federal authorities.

The article discloses the meaning of the terms: «legality», «legitimacy» and «legitimization» and analyzes legal and non-legal forms of legitimization of state authorities and legislation, identifies the negative consequences of the lack of legitimacy while enacting laws and other legal or regulatory instruments and establishing political institutions. The paper identifies and researches the problems of legitimization of the Russian constitutional legislation, with paying special attention to the issues of increasing legitimization of the current constitutions and charters of the Russian Federation’s entities. Purpose: to analyze the legitimization of public authority in terms of its essence and specific manifestations in the current conditions of state and public life. Methods: theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic; methods of comparison, axiological (value) methodology, revealing motivational component of legal legitimization of public authority. Results: in modern conditions, state power especially needs legitimization. In order to ensure support for power decisions by the population, authorities must be open and there should be serious explanatory work, which fully applies to lawmaking, and first of all to improve the constitutional legislation that protects citizens rights, freedoms and interests.