“Living constitution”: modern interpretations (international scientific conference)
- Authors: Varlamova N.V.1, Vasilieva T.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 10 (2025)
- Pages: 193-206
- Section: Scientific life
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1026-9452/article/view/327955
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S1026945225100171
- ID: 327955
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Abstract
The article is an overview of the most interesting reports presented at the International Scientific Conference “Living constitution: modern interpretations” held on June 3, 2025 at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Representatives of leading scientific institutions and universities of Russia, as well as researchers from Belarus, took part in its work. A wide range of problems related to modern interpretations of the “living constitution” doctrine, which allows adapting constitutional texts to current civilizational challenges without formally amending them, were considered.
About the authors
N. V. Varlamova
Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: varlam_n@list.ru
10 Znamenka str., 119019 Moscow, Russia
T. A. Vasilieva
Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: tan-vas@mail.ru
10 Znamenka str., 119019 Moscow, Russia
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