Social and Legal Studios
ISSN 2617-4162
e-ISSN 2617-4170
Publisher: Lviv State University of Internal Affairs
Abstract
The problem of bringing the countries of Central Asia closer to socially oriented market economic relations is primarily connected with the need to create qualitatively new legal support for such relations. The aim of the article was to improve the existing theoretical provisions on constitutional and legal regulation of economic development within the Central Asian region. In the process of the research, the theoretical and methodological foundations of legal support of economic development in the countries of Central Asia were analysed. The main results of the research were the definition of the available approaches to the interpretation of the definitions of “constitutional-legal regulation”, “economic constitution”, “economic relations”, “foreign policy”. It was found that the factors influencing the development of economic relations in Central Asia are, in particular, the slow pace of legislative development, inadequate provision of socio-economic rights of citizens and low level of trust in Central Asian countries by the international community. A comparative analysis of the main provisions regulating economic relations in the constitutions of Central Asian countries revealed similarities in the constitutional norms related to economic values. The existing authoritarian governance mechanisms and the lack of a unified economic strategy directly influence constitutional changes in the field of economic development in Central Asia. The experience of legal support for economic relations and foreign policy in these countries highlights the risks that the economies of Central Asia face in terms of legal support. The main issues in constitutional and legal regulation in these countries include the limited legislative recognition of all possible economic rights and the absence of an effective system for implementing the economic foundations established in the Constitution. To address these issues, large-scale reforms, including constitutional reforms, are necessary in the countries of Central Asia. The findings of this study may be considered when determining the future strategy for the development of constitutional and legal support in these countries
Keywords: legitimate state; regional progress; social benefits; legislative regulation; geopolitical environment; pseudo- constitutionalism
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