Received: 2022-06-18  |  Accepted: 2022-07-28  |  Published: 2022-09-30

Title

Invisible Constitution as an instrument of consolidation of nation and defence of democracy


Abstract

The paper's premise is that the invisible Constitution serves as an instrument to protect democracy and consolidate the nation. The discussion turns around the fundamental aspects of democracy and sovereignty to reveal the subject. The question which is particularly considered is how the Parliament and the Constitutional Court participate in the expression of the principles of democracy in the contemporary world. The paper concludes that the Parliament, through the formal legislative procedures, becomes less capable of achieving a social compromise. As a result, the same representative feature of democracy becomes more unpopular in society and continues to be a prevailing object of criticism among scholarly community. In contrast, the Constitutional Court's role in protecting democracy through the systematic interpretation of a constitution undergoes a profound change in the democratic world. Constitutional Court, through the understanding of both visible and invisible meaning of the Constitution turns it into an expression of the sovereign will of the permanent nation.


Keywords

invisible Constitution, democracy, Parliament, Constitutional Court, sovereign


JEL classifications

K00 , K15


URI

http://jssidoi.org/ird/article/109


DOI


HAL


Pages

110-126


Funding


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Authors

Barabash, Yuri
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://nlu.edu.ua
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Beinoravičius, Darijus
Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.mruni.eu
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Valčiukas, Juozas
Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.mruni.eu
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Journal title

Insights into Regional Development

Volume

4


Number

3


Issue date

September 2022


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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