The Constitutional Court of Ukraine as the main actor in safeguarding of the Constitution

• Main Authors: Ivan Pankevych, Iryna Sofinska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bucharest University of Economic Studies 2019-10-01
• Series: Juridical Tribune
• Subjects: constitutional court; constitutional jurisdiction; constitutional justice; constitutional review; ukraine
• Online Access: http://tribunajuridica.eu/arhiva/An9vS/6.%20Pankevych%20&%20Sofinska.pdf

This article deals with the main issues of the constitutional justice in Ukraine – its concept, significance and the main principles of development. In this article we try to research pure, clear vision, essential and effective mission of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on legal and political chessboard of Ukraine, keeping in mind its prominent sole role in constitutional justice. Main objective of this study is to examine the trajectory of legal and political development of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and to demonstrate the impact of its opinions and decisions on legal doctrine of Ukraine. In this study regarding the constitutional justice in Ukraine we used few mixed research methods to obtain specific scientific results: observation, surveys, secondary data analyses, etc. The present study related to the essence of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, its foundation and trajectory of its development, its key role in constitutional review should be viewed as a follow-up to the one previously published research in Polish. This article might be useful for students and master students of law faculties, practitioners in the field of constitutional law and justice.