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Constitution of Ukraine
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On the ancient pillars of Ukrainian democracy: Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution of 1710
Pylyp Orlyk and his 1710 Constitution is one of the oldest in the modern world and continues a tradition based on ancient Ukrainian pillars of democracy. As one of the first known democratic Constitutions, it describes and institutionalizes the division of power. At a deep, subconscious level the Constitution of 1710 indirectly influenced the Maidan Revolution of 2014.
(Anti-)Constitutional Court of Ukraine: why it declares the best reforms unconstitutional instead of protecting the Constitution
Generally, all democracies have the function of a constitutional judiciary, which checks whether the law complies with the…
Is Ukraine about to face ‘a parade of sovereignties’?
In the early 1990s, the Russian Federation faced what came to be known as “a parade of sovereignties”…
Expert: Ukraine’s increasing multi-dimensional crisis – result of Minsk Accords
In addition to all the other ways in which he has profited from the Minsk Accords over the…
Ukraine’s Constitution and the “experts”
Earlier this week the Russian Foreign Minister expressed his wish to discuss OUR Constitution in the “Normandy format.”…