QUO VADIS PUBLIC LAW?
Abstract
The article concentrates attention on the crisis of traditional theories of the state, probably never fully translated into reality, and on the emerging need of a new, more adequate constitutional semantics. After having considered, on the basis of a general system’s theory approach , the legal system as the most abstract instrument that, thanks to adjustable borders, “constitutes” and “regulates” social games able to combine stabilisation, selection and variation of legal norms, the article draws critical attention to the borders of territory, sovereignty and people, traditionally considered as the main pillars of the state. Finally the article examines the present situation of the European Union, which offers a significant example of the difficulties met by nation states whenever they try to fulfil some of their traditional tasks within the framework of a supra-national entity.
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Febbrajo A. QUO VADIS PUBLIC LAW? Journal of Law and Administration. 2016;(4):35-42. (In Russ.)
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