scholarly journals The concept and content of the constitutional principle of justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Nataliya Shelever
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
Problematic Issue ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
Principles Of Justice

The purpose of the article is to study the concept and content of the constitutional principle of justice, its impact on constitutional relations, identifying problems that arose during the implementation of this principle during quarantine restrictions due to the pandemic of COVID-19. This goal was achieved through the use of such methods as analysis of comparative law and formal law method. The study found that the principle of justice, although not enshrined in the Basic Law of Ukraine, but it goes through the Constitution of Ukraine and procedural codes. The problematic issue is that there is no legislative definition of «justice». The practice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on the application of the principle of justice in its decisions is analyzed. It is substantiated that justice is a concept much broader than law and is a criterion for the legitimation of state power. The problems of realization of the constitutional principle of justice are investigated. It was found that the principles of law, which are enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine and current legislation of Ukraine, are not properly implemented in our country. The reason for this is the mentality of Ukrainians, which is characterized by low legal and political culture, violation of the law, distrust to the authorities, devaluation of moral and spiritual values. On the part of officials, it is a misuse of office positions. It is justified that justice requires equal application of the law for all. However, everyone has his/her own understanding and vision of justice. This led to problems during the coronavirus pandemic. Violations such as the violation of the constitutional right to education have been identified, namely distance learning leads to a violation of the principles of justice and equality. Restrictions on small and medium-sized businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic discriminated against entrepreneurs compared to large businesses.     As a result of the study, it was concluded that justice is a legal value and a fundamental principle of law, which permeates both the Constitution of Ukraine and current legislation. The realization of justice can be done only by observing the law. In Ukraine, it is quite difficult to implement this principle, because the laws are often unfair. During the quarantine restrictions, violations of constitutional human rights were revealed. Overcoming corruption and raising the legal culture and legal awareness of Ukrainians should be a necessary step for the effective implementation of the principle of justice.

scholarly journals Issues of implementation of equality of arms principle in case of declaring the applied law unconstitutional

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Iryna Berestova ◽  
Oksana Khotynska-Nor
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Litigation Process ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right ◽  
Judicial Protection

The Article considers the issue of ensuring the constitutional principle of equality of litigants before the law and the court during review of the judgement in view of the exceptional circumstances after consideration of the case by the Constitutional Court. Based on the study of legal nature of such consequences of nullity of the law as pro futuro, ex nunc, ex tunc, the risks of violation of the constitutional right of a person to judicial protection shall be established. The aim of the Article is to detect the objective demonstration of the constitutional principle of equality of litigants before the law and the court. The methods of the study: system, dialectical, integrative, interdisciplinary and scientific methods applied to detect the interrelation between the constitutional principle of equality of arms and its practical demonstration in litigation process. The main results of the study. Two components affecting the efficiency of protection of such right have been established: future effect of the judgement of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and impossibility to consider the application in view of exceptional circumstances if before appeal to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine a person’s claim was dismissed in full under the applicable laws and was further declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. The erroneous legal position of the supreme court in the system of the judiciary of Ukraine was proved in terms of the impossibility of initiating proceeding in exceptional circumstances after delivery of the judgement of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine due to the fact that the person’s claim had previously been dismissed and such a judgement does not provide for its enforcement. This conclusion deprives a person of the right to a final trial at the national level in accordance with the procedure of applying to the court (Articles 8, 24, 55, paragraph 1 Part 2 of Article 129 of the Constitution of Ukraine). It is proposed to develop a special law establishing the grounds and procedure for compensation by the state of moral and financial damages caused by the law recognized as the unconstitutional one.

The Constitutional Principle of Accountability: A Study of Contemporary South African Case Law

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuks Okpaluba
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Many

‘Accountability’ is one of the democratic values entrenched in the Constitution of South Africa, 1996. It is a value recognised throughout the Constitution and imposed upon the law-making organs of state, the Executive, the Judiciary and all public functionaries. This constitutional imperative is given pride of place among the other founding values: equality before the law, the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution. This study therefore sets out to investigate how the courts have grappled with the interpretation and application of the principle of accountability, the starting point being the relationship between accountability and judicial review. Therefore, in the exercise of its judicial review power, a court may enquire whether the failure of a public functionary to comply with a constitutional duty of accountability renders the decision made illegal, irrational or unreasonable. One of the many facets of the principle of accountability upon which this article dwells is to ascertain how the courts have deployed that expression in making the state and its agencies liable for the delictual wrongs committed against an individual in vindication of a breach of the individual’s constitutional right in the course of performing a public duty. Here, accountability and breach of public duty; the liability of the state for detaining illegal immigrants contrary to the prescripts of the law; the vicarious liability of the state for the criminal acts of the police and other law-enforcement officers (as in police rape cases and misuse of official firearms by police officers), and the liability of the state for delictual conduct in the context of public procurement are discussed. Having carefully analysed the available case law, this article concludes that no public functionary can brush aside the duty of accountability wherever it is imposed without being in breach of a vital constitutional mandate. Further, it is the constitutional duty of the courts, when called upon, to declare such act or conduct an infringement of the Constitution.

scholarly journals Globalization and the Law: Deciphering the Message of Transnational Human Rights Litigation

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 1499-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peer Zumbansen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
European Court ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
The Law ◽  
German Federal Constitutional Court ◽  
German Federal Constitutional

On 14 October 2004, theBundesverfassungsgericht(BVerfG – German Federal Constitutional Court) voided a decision by theOberlandesgericht(Higher Regional Court) Naumburg, finding a violation of the complainant's rights guaranteed by theGrundgesetz(German Basic Law). The Decision directly addresses both the observation and application of case law from the European Court of Human Rights under the Basic Law's “rule of law provision” in Art. 20.III. While there is a myriad of important aspects with regard to this decision, we may limit ourselves at this point to the introductoryaperçucontained in the holdings of the case. One of them reads as follows:Zur Bindung an Gesetz und Recht (Art. 20 Abs. 3 GG) gehört die Berücksichtigung der Gewährleistungen der Konvention zum Schutze der Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten und der Entscheidungen des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte im Rahmen methodisch vertretbarer Gesetzesauslegung. Sowohl die fehlende Auseinandersetzung mit einer Entscheidung des Gerichtshofs als auch deren gegen vorrangiges Recht verstoßende schematische “Vollstreckung” können gegen Grundrechte in Verbindung mit dem Rechtsstaatsprinzip verstoßen

The Impact of the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty on the Law of Criminal Procedure and Evidence

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 678-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliahu Harnon
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
Law Of Evidence ◽  
The Impact

In March 1992, Israel's Parliament, the Knesset, enacted Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty. Some believe that this Basic Law has created a constitutional revolution in Israel, while others feel this view to be exaggerated. In any event, there is general agreement that the Basic Law, with its 13 brief sections, has effected many significant changes in numerous areas of law.It is well known that criminal procedure and some parts of the law of evidence are particularly sensitive to constitutional changes. To what extent is this also true in Israel as a consequence of the Basic Law and interpretations given to it?More particularly, what precisely does the Basic Law say, and what has the Supreme Court inferred from the principles of human dignity and liberty beyond the express provisions of the Basic Law? What influence does the Basic Law exert on new legislation and indeed on legislation preceding the enactment of the Basic Law itself? May one expect that the Supreme Court will adopt the idea that the Basic Law embodies an exclusionary rule of evidence obtained in breach of a constitutional right? These, and other relevant questions, will be discussed below. First, however, we shall refer briefly to the legal and social background of the Basic Law.

scholarly journals Upaya Menciptakan Produk Hukum Berkualitas Konstitusi Melalui Model Preventif Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 774
Author(s):  
Muhammad Reza Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Constitutional Order ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Constitutional Issue ◽  
Legal Product

Pada hakikatnya judicial review dilaksanakan demi terciptanya keseimbangan hukum dan terpenuhinya hak konstitusional setiap pemangku kepentingan untuk bertindak dan mengajukan permohonan pembatalan suatu undang-undang kepada Mahkamah Konstitusi dengan menyatakan undang-undang tersebut telah bertentangan dengan UUD RI 1945. Pengujian undang-undang terhadap UUD 1945 dilakukan dalam upaya penyempurnaan hukum yang berlandaskan konstitusi. Setiap undang-undang haruslah dilandasi oleh aturan dasar yang tidak hanya tercantum pada konsiderannya saja, melainkan dibuat serta dilaksanakan berlandaskan nilai dan norma konstitusionalitas. judicial review yang selama ini dilakukan oleh banyak pihak pada Mahkamah Konstitusi membuktikan bahwa kualitas produk hukum atau aturan hukum yang selama ini dilahirkan oleh pembuat undang-undang seringkali bertolak belakang dengan keteraturan hukum, sehingga diperlukan langkah hukum preventive demi menjaga integritas lembaga pembentuk undang-undang agar tidak dianggap melahirkan produk hukum yang asal-asalan. Oleh karena itu, di dalam penelitian ini akan mengkaji dan menginisiasi pembentukan produk hukum yang berkualitas konstitusi sehingga Mahkamah Konstitusi sebagai lembaga pengawal konstitusi memberikan kontribusi dengan cita konstitusi dan melahirkan produk hukum dengan kualitas konstitusi. Dalam penelitian ini metode yang yang digunakan adalah yuridis normatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan undang-undang dan konseptual. Hasil penelitian ini menggambarkan betapa pentingnya upaya preventive sebelum suatu aturan hukum kemudian ditetapkan, disahkan dan dilaksanakan, dimana ada persoalan konstitusionalitas terhadap implementasi suatu produk hukum yang kemudian oleh Mahkamah Konstitusi dinyatakan bertentangan dengan Undang-Undang Dasar Republik Indonesia 1945.Basically, judicial review has done to create a balance of law and to fulfill the constitutional right for every stakeholder to act and apply for application to constitutional court by stating the rule was contradicted to the constitution of Republic of Indonesia 1945. The application was made as an effort to perfect the law which is based on the constitution. Each rule has to be based on the basic rules, not only on its consideration but also is made and implemented in basic values and norms of contitutionality. Judicial review done by many people on constitutional court has proven that the quality of law product or rules of law made by the legislative often contradict with constitutional order of law, so it is necessary to take a step on preventive legal measurer to keep up the integrity of the rule maker of being judged making unqualified legal products. Therefore, this research reviews and initiates the production of law product so that the Constitutional Court can give preventive contribution on each legal products made, to be able to run with the ideals of the constitution and create legal products with constitution quality. This research used juridical normative method with legal and conceptual approaches. The results of this study illustrate how important preventive efforts before a rule of law are then set, ratified and implemented. In which there is a constitutional issue on the implementation of a legal product, that will be later declared by the Constitutional Court to be contradictory to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesian.

scholarly journals The Rights Of The Constitutional Court's Decision On The House Of Representatives 'Representatives About The President's Prospective And / Or The President's Vice Representatives According To The State Basic Law Of The Republic Of Indonesia Year 1945

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahri Bachmid ◽  
Said Sampara ◽  
La Ode Husen
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Institution ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Legislative Assembly

This study examined the rights of the constutional court’s decision on the house of representative’s representatives about on the president prospective and/ or the president’s vice private vocational school by the state basic state of the Republic of Indonesia year 1945. The purpose of this study is to find out the mechanism of the Constitutional Court in examining, adjudicating and deciding the opinion of the People's Legislative Assembly that the President and / or Vice President have violated the law in the form of treason against the state, corruption, bribery, other serious criminal acts, disgraceful acts, and / or the opinion that the president and / or the vice president no longer meets the requirements as President and / or Vice President. And also To find out the decision of the Constitutional Court as a binding judicial institution on the opinion of the House of Representatives followed up by the MPR as a political institution that the President and / or Vice President has violated the law in the form of treason, corruption, bribery, other serious crimes, disgraceful acts and / or the opinion that the president and / or vice president no longer fulfill the requirements as President and / or Vice President.

scholarly journals Legal nature of social justice as an integral part of the principle of justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
I.P. Bakhnovskaya ◽  
O.A. Slobodyska
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
Normative Basis ◽  
Temporal Dimensions ◽  
Principle Of Legality

The article presents and solves the scientific problem of identifying the legal nature and content of social justice as an integral part of the principle of justice. The theoretical and normative basis of the study were scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of jurisprudence, philosophy, political science, sociology, history. They are devoted to the general problems of the essence of the principle of justice, its value and normative content, social and legal nature of the principle of justice, issues of legal certainty and stability of legal regulation, specific problems of implementation of the constitutional principle of justice. The problem of justice, namely social justice becomes especially relevant in the context of globalization. The practice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine shows that the Constitution of Ukraine does not enshrine the principle of social justice in a direct form, but the entire legal system is based on the idea of justice. It is established that justice essentially reflects the realities of a society, the level of its cultural and legal maturity. It can manifest itself at different social levels, in different spatial and temporal dimensions. Thus, correlating the concepts of justice and law, justice can be considered as a legal standard with which the real socio-economic, political, financial, moral and ideological relations. Justice is not only a moral, philosophical category, but, first of all, a legal one. Justice is a legal phenomenon that relates to the very essence of law and is the distinguishing feature between law and the principles of law. In addition, it is a phenomenon of morality, because it is an idea that determines the moral principles of society. It should be noted that in some cases the application of the principle of justice is complicated, for example, when it conflicts with the principle of legality. Attention is drawn to the fact that in our state the principle of justice is not fully implemented. Social justice is the most important social value, a creative phenomenon that contributes to the reform of society on the basis of democ-racy and humanism.

Constitutional Court Upholds Lifetime Partnership Act

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Miller ◽  
Volker Röben
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
The Law

On 17 July 2002, the First Senate of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) upheld the recently enacted Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz (Lifetime Partnership Act). The Court found, unanimously, that the process leading to the law's enactment was constitutional. The Court further found, over three dissenting votes, that the substance of the law conforms to the Grundgesetz (GG - Basic Law).

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY ALL BEFORE THE LAW ON THE ORDER OF PAYMENT OF COURT FEE IN THE CIVIL PROCESS

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
S. E. Ustiushenko
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Court Order ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Law ◽  
Principles Of Justice

In the scientific article the content of the principle of equality of all before the law is examined, taking into account the presence of a whole spectrum of points of view on this issue in the science of civil procedural law and legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights, as well as the nature of the influence of this principle on the procedure for payment of a court fee when appealing to the court in civil proceeding. Formal equality of all before the law is considered in its inextricable connection with the principles of justice and the rule of law,requiring the accessibility of justice for all segments of the population. It is stated that the differentiated attitude towards the subjectsis important, taking into account their individual characteristics, and the undoubted necessity of the existence of compensators for thefinancial insolvency of certain groups of citizens to pay court fees in the amount established by law. The article analyzes the provisions of the current legislation, which provide for privileges to pay court fees. Two main types ofexemption from payment of a court fee are investigated: according to the law, when the plaintiffs are released from their payment forfiling individual claims, as well as certain categories of persons, determined by law, regardless of the type of claim and court decision,when the person is released by a court from the duty to pay the court fee is only ad hoc, that is, in relation to this particular case. The necessity to distinguish cases of exemption from payment of a court fee, provided by law, and cases where the court fee is notpaid at all, is proved. The distinctive differences between these cases are established. The grounds and procedural order of defermentand deferral of payment of court fee, as well as reduction of its size by court, are characterized. The peculiarities of the distribution of court costs in cases where the person who appealed to the court was dismissed from payment of court fee, if it was arranged by a courtor delayed its payment or reduced amount of payment of court fee. Also, the article identifies the shortcomings of legal regulation of issues related to the payment of court fees when appealing to acourt with a statement on the cancellation of a court order and formulated a proposal for their correction.

scholarly journals IMPLIKASI TERHADAP PENGUJIAN KETETAPAN MPR/MPRS PASCA PUTUSAN MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI DALAM RANGKA MENGAWAL TEGAKNYA KONSTITUSI NEGARA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Tomi Agustian
Keyword(s):  
Court Decision ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
The Law

This study aims: first, the decision of the Constitutional Court adjudicates and does not accept the testing of the MPR Decree, secondly, the implications of testing the MPR's Decree after the decision of the Constitutional Court. The method used in this study is normative research or library research. The results of the study obtained first, the basis of the Constitutional Court Decision according to the 1945 Constitution of 24C paragraph (1) that the Constitutional Court only has the authority to test the Law on the Basic Law and the MPR / S Decree is not included in the Constitutional Court's authority. Secondly, the implication is that there is no mechanism for testing. MPR provisions cause a legal vacuum as well as the absence of an authorized institution to test the MPR Decree (tetraa incognita)

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