Магистратура
2021/2022
Конституционные реформы в России
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Государственное и муниципальное управление)
Направление:
38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление
Кто читает:
Департамент политики и управления
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Онлайн-часы:
20
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Клищ Николай Николаевич
Прогр. обучения:
Государственное и муниципальное управление
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course prepared by one of the best Russian experts in constitutional law will focus on political, economic and cultural dimensions of the Russian constitutional system. Historical background of constitutional reforms and today developments will be discussed, basing on concrete examples of these developments. The course will both observe the specific of the Russian constitutional system in comparison to the other constitutional systems and penetrate into the key characteristics of the Russian constitution. Since adoption of the current Russian constitution of 1993 this constitutional system made a great evolution. The course will help to understand what ideas and concepts stand behind the Russian politics, both domestic and international, which principles lie in the basement of the legal framework for cultural, political and economic life of the Russian society. Foreigners and Russians see the Russian constitutional system in the «distorting mirror» of mass media; both of them need professional analysis of how the legal, governmental and economic systems are designed in Russia. The course will present this kind of analysis by a Russian scholar, familiar to contemporary development of constitutionalism in the world, who is able to present the view from inside Russia, but to position the Russian constitutional system in the a wide context of the world constitutionalism. On the finishing this course the students will: 1. make analysis of legislative and judicial acts, taken by Russian state authorities in the context of the Russian constitution, its main values and basic principles 2. to give expert assistance for interaction with the Russian government structures in a wide range of political and economic questions Know: 1. the specific of the Russian constitution, Russian legal, political and economic system 2. the history of forming and development of the contemporary constitutional system of Russia Have the capacity to: 1. better understand of political, economic and legal processes in Russia 2. make prognosis of the development of the Russian legislation and judicial practice, the reaction of the Russian state bodies to events in the world and to the decisions made by foreign states and international organizations
Learning Objectives
- to observe the specific of the Russian constitutional system in comparison to the other constitutional systems and penetrate into the key characteristics of the Russian constitution
- to understand what ideas and concepts stand behind the Russian politics, both domestic and international, which principles lie in the basement of the legal framework for cultural, political and economic life of the Russian society
Expected Learning Outcomes
- know the history of forming and development of the contemporary constitutional system of Russia
- know the specific of the Russian constitution, Russian legal, political and economic system
Course Contents
- Constitutional Exceptionalism: the Russian Case
- Human Rights in Russia
- Political System of Russia
- Russian Constitutional Economics
- Introduction
Assessment Elements
- Online tests
- Final interviewStudents provide online course results. Grade for the course is set by the program supervisor after the students pass the final interview.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- JACKSON, V. C. (2015). Constitutional Law in an Age of Proportionality. Yale Law Journal, 124(8), 3094–3196. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=asn&AN=103280826
- Kireeva, E. Y. (2015). The Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993: Analysis of the Main Results and Trends of the Constitutional System and Public Institutions in Russia. Published Papers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.rnp.ppaper.030915
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Alexy, R. (2003). Constitutional Rights, Balancing, and Rationality. Ratio Juris, 16(2), 131–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9337.00228
- Andrei N. Medushevsky. (2012). Law and justice in Post-Soviet Russia: Strategies of constitutional modernization. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B35DBE70