Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Constitutional and Legal Development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Post-Soviet Period

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2022 15 (4)
Authors
Stepanova, Albina A.; Stepanov, Afanasy I.; Alekseeva, Sofia S.
Contact information
Stepanova, Albina A.: M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 58 Belinsky Str., Yakutsk, 677000, Russia; ; Stepanov, Afanasy I.: M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 58 Belinsky Str., Yakutsk, 677000, Russia;; Alekseeva, Sofia S.: M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University 58 Belinsky Str., Yakutsk, 677000, Russia;
Keywords
republic; constitution; federalism; sovereignty; constitutional amendment; federal intervention
Abstract

Modern tendencies of the Russian federalism development, as well as their impact on the constitutional and legal development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) as a federal subject are observed and analyzed in the article. Changes introduced into the Republic’s constitutional legislation are characterized in detail. The aim of the study is to determine the degree of influence of the federal center on the constitutional and legal development of the Republic. Historical, technical and legal, and comparative legal methods have been used in the study. Two stages of contemporary constitutional and legal development of the Republic are distinguished in the article: from 1990 to 2000, and from 2000 to the present day. The first stage is characterized by a relative freedom granted to the Republic when forming its constitutional space, including its national and territorial organization. Meanwhile, the next stage is marked by consistent and almost complete limitation of its constitutional and legal sovereignty. A rather pronounced federal interference into constitutional and legal space of the federal subjects, limiting their freedom in defining the mechanisms of interaction between national governing bodies and establishing their own national and legal institutions, could be observed in today’s Russia. The authors of the article believe that such interference impacts the Republic’s constitutional and legal progress in a negative way, and contemporary Russia needs, at least, to introduce a form of federal government self-limitation when it comes to federal relations and, hence, optimization of constitutional mechanisms which separate federal and regional interests

Pages
467–475
DOI
10.17516/1997-1370-0359
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/109223

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