Instrumentalization of the Constitutional Order as a Tool of Political Control in the Post-Soviet Space. The Case of the Republic of Georgia
- Institution: Jagiellonian University
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8798-6391
- Institution: Polish Academy of Sciences
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-6884
- Institution: Nicolaus Copernicus University
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-2519
- Year of publication: 2021
- Source: Show
- Pages: 281-290
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2021.06.22
- PDF: ppk/64/ppk6422.pdf
Georgia is one of the most democratized states in the post-Soviet space. This article presents the mechanisms of instrumentalization and ideologization of the Georgian constitution and its political and social context. The absence of a consolidated state of the law was found to have four causes: 1) colonial experiences of the Enlightenment; 2) heritage of Soviet legislation; 3) rapid Westernization of the legal system; 4) political actors and parties manipulating the constitution in the name of particularistic interests.
