This article examines the legal nature of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the permissibility of equating it with ordinary federal law. Despite its formal inclusion in the legislative system, the Constitution occupies a special, supreme position within it. Using dogmatic, comparative legal, and theoretical methods, the author analyzes the qualitative differences between the Constitution and law in terms of legal force, content, adoption procedure, amendments, and functional role. The conclusion is reached that equating the Basic Law with law in the narrow sense is inadmissible, as such confusion leads to the erosion of constitutional legitimacy and a violation of the hierarchy of legal acts.
Russian Federation, legislation, normative legal act, "law", Constitution of the Russian Federation of December 12 1993, Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On the Procedure for the Adoption and Entry into Force of Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation" of February 6 1998, system of normative legal acts, legal force, law regulation, identification
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