A Family as A Constitutional Value

Abstract

The article deals with the constitutional consolidation of the family as a value for the state and society. It analyses the normative content of the constitutional human right to the family life and constitutional responsibility of parents to maintain and bring up children. Attention is paid to the problem of competition between the right to the family and other fundamental rights. The author examines the problems of permissibility of imposing legal restrictions on the constitutional right to the family life. Special attention is paid to the constitutional and judicial protection of the rights of fathers, mothers and children. The author refers to the analysis of the federal legislation and the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation providing for the division of powers of the federal and regional state authorities regulating family support as a guarantee of the constitutional right to the family life. It is concluded that the federal authorities need to encourage the regional authorities to make independent decisions that facilitate their economic and social development, as well as to soften the rigid model of centralizing tax revenues and to ensure financial equalization of the levels of providing the constituent entities of the RF with their budgets. These measures are aimed at ensuring the rights of citizens, including the right to the family life.