TRANSFORMING RUSSIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL VALUE SYSTEM AS A PATH TO SOCIAL CONSOLIDATION

Abstract

Aim. To identify the relationship between the transformation of the Russian constitutional system of values and the need for social consolidation of Russia. Methodology. Based on the analysis of the norms of the Russian Constitution, the return to the Russian constitutional space of the cultural-historical or civilizational system of coordinates is seen as a way to social consolidation of the Russian society. In the course of the study, methods of analysis and synthesis are used, as well as the method of legal comparative study, formal-logical and legal-dogmatic methods. Results. The study concludes that the ultimate goal of transforming the constitutional value system is to shape the transition to a moral state. According to the author of the article, the constitutional transformation was carried out in 2020 in three directions: the real content of the social character of the state is enshrined, Euro-Atlantic cloning of the constitution has been replaced by the Russian cultural and historical code, in accordance with the archetypes of the national legal consciousness, the institution of the President has been strengthened. Research implications. The definition of a moral state is given. The results of the study can be used in further constitutional reform of Russia, in the educational process, as well as in the educational literature on the theory of the state and law, constitutional law.