The Institute of Public Power in Constitutional Jurisprudence of Russia

Abstract

The study of the institution of public power seems to be one of the most important areas of modern constitutional law in Russia. The category ‘public power’ was enshrined in the constitutional legislation of Russia in 2020 in connection with the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the category of public power had been studied by the domestic science of constitutional law even before the corresponding amendments were made, different approaches to public power had been formed, its characteristics and features had been described differently. This article provides the opinions of constitutional scholars on the institution of public power and analyzes current constitutional legislation. The author concludes that, in some respect, the consolidation at the constitutional and legal level of the institution of public power coincides with the previously proposed scientific approaches to the institution of public power.