International organizations as drivers of constitutional order transformation: contradictions and prospects for the institutionalization of adaptive constitutionalism

The modern stage of constitutional law development is characterized by a rapid increase in the transnational influence of international organizations on the internal legal orders of sovereign states, which necessitates a theoretical rethinking of their role in the process of forming adaptive constitutionalism. International organizations have ceased to be exclusively external subjects of influence and have become active participants in shaping the constitutional and legal environment, capable of altering the parameters of national models of public authority. The subject of this study is a comprehensive understanding of the institutional role of international organizations as drivers of the transformation of the modern constitutional order in the context of globalization and digital restructuring. Particular attention is paid to the collisions between universalist standards and national legal specifics, which give rise to contradictions between the sovereignty of states and the necessity of compliance with transnational norms. At the center of the research is the process of institutionalizing adaptive constitutionalism as a responsive model that can reconcile international influence with the principles of constitutional identity. The methodological foundation of this work consists of modern approaches to comparative analysis, institutional theory, constitutional identity theory, and adaptive governance concepts. Both traditional legal-dogmatic and interdisciplinary methods have been employed: structural-functional, normative-comparative, case analysis, and contextual interpretation of judicial decisions. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the author's conceptualization of international organizations as structural elements in the process of forming adaptive constitutionalism. The necessity of normative recognition of adaptability as a constitutional-legal principle under conditions of multidimensional interaction between national and international actors is justified. For the first time, the institutional forms of participation of parliaments, constitutional courts, ombudsmen, and civil society in the process of reconciling international standards with national legal orders have been analyzed. Key contradictions between the doctrines of constitutional identity and universalization have been identified, and possible mechanisms for overcoming these contradictions have been proposed. The study emphasizes the prospects for digital constitutionalization and the formation of a transnational constitutional space. The research demonstrates that adaptive constitutionalism represents a legal response to the challenges of asymmetric globalization and political-legal polycentrism. The research also touches upon the role of multilevel public authority, judicial dialogue, the digital environment, and new forms of partnership between national and supranational institutions.

adaptive constitutionalism, international organizations, constitutional sovereignty, transnational law, legal polycentrism, constitutional identity, judicial dialogue, digital transformation, transnational constitutional space, public authority