Scientific Center of Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management – Branch of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A comparative analysis of the place of the principle of legal certainty in the legal systems of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia is carried out. It is concluded that in the Russian Federation the principle of legal certainty is a doctrinal principle that does not have direct normative consolidation, it is an element of the legal system, but not the system of law. In the Republic of Armenia, the principle of legal certainty is a principle-norm, enshrined at the constitutional level, and is an element of both the legal system and the system of law. At the same time, in the law enforcement practice of both states, the role of the principle under study is the same — the Constitutional Courts, arbitration courts and courts of general jurisdiction (and in Russia also justices of the peace) actively use the principle of legal certainty when motivating their judicial acts.
principle of legal certainty, principles of law, doctrinal principles of law, legal system, law enforcement
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