A RULE OF LAW STATE: THE RELEVANCE OF CONTEMPORARY LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

The relevance of constitutional and legal research of a rule of state phenomenon deals with the need for working out a science based set of modern political and legal measures aimed at implementation of a rule of state idea being considered a constitutional importance.
The authors promote an attributive approach to description of a rule of law state as a legal objectivity. They distinguish a system of instruments and measures aimed at enabling the society to come to understanding that a certain level of formation of a rule of law state has been reached. Based on a historical and legal method along with comparative and legal technique of research a division into periods with regard to a rule of law state image has been introduced. The authors provide their own definition of a rule of law state and reveal a scope of essential features of a rule of law state in the context of globalization and integration.
The article provides a current assessment of a rule of law state attributes in light of real political processes. They estimate the influence of important political processes along with “European and American constitutional values” on the formation of a rule of law state in the Russian Federation with new ideas and characteristics of a rule of law state being formulated.