Ontological Foundations of the Constitutional Law Subject Matter

The purpose of the article is to identify foundations of the constitutional law subject matter. The author resorts to the dialectic method of cognition of the constitutional law subject matter, which results in establishing the continuity and variability of the content of the constitutional law subject matter, the method of analysis that establishes the relationship between the notions "a form of the State", "content of the State", "attributes of the State" and their significance for determining the constitutional law subject matter. The author highlights the necessity to distinguish the State as a form that inevitably emerges during the evolution of the man and society, as well as the State as a concept with certain historical content embodied in principles, rules, and procedures. The paper provides for the author's understanding of the constitutional law subject matter ontology expressed through the essence and the main elements: The State (elements of the State); human rights and freedoms; public relations arising as the result of implementation of the attributes of the State. The constitutional law subject matter, though historically variable, reflects the totality of common relations associated with organization and functioning of the State, its interaction with an individual and a citizen. The article is scientifically valuable due to the fact that it substantiates the need for researchers to take into account essential foundations of the constitutional law subject matter.

Subject matter, constitutional law, ontology, form and content of the State, State will, state power, attributes of the State, human rights and freedoms

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