The Constitutional Law Meaning Concept

Purpose. The concept of constitutional legal meaning is currently used in the science of constitutional (state) law, but remains not entirely defined. The purpose of this article is to reveal the essence of constitutional legal meaning. Methodology: the methodological basis of this study is general methods (dialectical and metaphysical), general scientific methods (deduction, induction, analysis, synthesis), specific scientific methods (formal legal, etc.). Conclusions. The constitutional legal meaning is the prescribed essence of the norm, reflecting the ideas and principles embedded in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The constitutional legal meaning influences the development of all spheres of public life and serves as a guide for branches of law. Identification of the constitutional legal meaning is the interpretation of a norm, in the result of which it acquires the quality of constitutionality. In legal practice, various methods of interpretation are used: grammatical, historical, systematic, teleological, comparative, axiological. The interpretation expressed in the decisions of the constitutional justice body has generally binding significance. Activities to identify the constitutional legal meaning of norms are aimed at constitutionalizing the Russian legal order. Scientific and practical relevance. This article presents a definition of the concept of constitutional legal meaning and reveals its essence. The ways of identifying the constitutional legal meaning are shown.