Sądownictwo konstytucyjne na Białorusi, Ukrainie i Mołdawii. Studium ustrojowo-porównawcze
Constitutional courts in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. A comparative study

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the comparative view of the political position of the constitutional courts in three states of the Eastern Europe: Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. The author discussed the circumstances of creating the model of the constitutional judiciary within the period of Soviet Union and then the characteristics of modern constitutional courts in the said countries was presented. The following aspects were compared: constitutional basis of constitutional judiciary functioning, the legal definitions of the constitutional courts, the entitled bodies to appear in court, the presence of the constitutional complaint institution, the scope of courts competence, criteria and the mode of selecting the judges. The major differences as to functioning of these bodies were indicated, including its limited role in the political system in Belarus and its increasing role in Ukraine which ought to be related to ongoing democratic reforms.

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