THE ROLE OF JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION IN ACHIEVING CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS CONCRETENESS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE US LEGAL SYSTEM)
The article is devoted to the role of the US Supreme Court in the American Constitution interpreting as an example of filling constitutional norms with more specific content. Technical and legal features of the constitutional text, such as content brevity and phrasing abstractness, are indicated. In the US Constitution these features are most clearly presented, since it was adopted and operates in the case-law country. Hence judicial constitutional interpretation in filling constitutional norms with real content has special importance. Examples from American and Russian law are given to illustrate the interpretative activity of courts. It is concluded that, thanks to judicial interpretation, the constitutional text “adapts” to modern realities without a complex procedure for making amendments and legislative changes.