CONSTITUTIONAL SUPERVISION AND CONTROL IN TAJIKISTAN IN THE SOVIET PERIOD: STAGES OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The article is concerned with determination of the stages of formation and development of the constitutional supervision and control in Tajikistan in the Soviet period. Historically it was copied in appropriate way from the formation and development of the Soviet system of supervision and control. The author considers the reasons for this copying that lasted from 1918 to 1990’s as an integral part of the process of constitutional supervision and control development within USSR. According to the researcher the constitutional supervision and control in Tajikistan passed through the same stages as the Soviet power in whole. The first stage covers 1918 - 1924 and this system of supervision and control was established in the conditions of the Soviet Russia. The second stage includes 1924 - 1929. It begins with the creation of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Uzbek SSR, the formation of the common legal framework in the republic. The third stage - 1929 - 1988. It begins with the transformation of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to the Soviet Socialist Republic. The fourth stage (1988 - 1994) is connected with the alterations and amendments in the Constitution of the USSR in 1988 which served as the basis for similar constitutional changes in union republics. The fifth stage (since 1994 till the present time) distinguished by the author goes beyond the existence of the Soviet system, as a part of the fourth stage overall. From this perspective the classification of the formation and development stages for the constitutional supervision and control in Tajikistan in the Soviet period which is proposed in the article draws certain objections from the journal editorial board. The article provides a sufficiently detailed study of the functioning features of the constitutional supervision and control system at each of the defined stages. The legislative bases of the activity, the authority matter and specific decisions for the cases under consideration are analyzed. The author’s successful attempts to offer his own conclusions on the stage issues considered in the article are worth approval.