Instrumentalization of the Constitutional Order as a Tool of Political Control in the Post-Soviet Space. The Case of the Republic of Georgia

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Georgia is one of the most democratized states in the post-Soviet space. This article presents the mechanisms of instrumentalization and ideologization of the Georgian constitution and its political and social context. The absence of a consolidated state of the law was found to have four causes: 1) colonial experiences of the Enlightenment; 2) heritage of Soviet legislation; 3) rapid Westernization of the legal system; 4) political actors and parties manipulating the constitution in the name of particularistic interests.

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Georgia, constitution, the rule of law, political system, Gruzja, konstytucja, idea praworządności, państwo prawa, system polityczny

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Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego, 2021, No. 6 (64), pp. 281-290.

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