Russian constitutional state as a social institute: historical-cultural analysis
The article is devoted to the problems of constitutionalism in Russia in the context of the historical and cultural peculiarities connected with traditions, values, mentality, understanding of the role of the state in the everyday world of the Russians, the ratio of the power and the law, the right and freedom. Is noted the role of civil society in the establishment of the constitutional state, need of development of the effective mechanism of movement to a common goal.