SOME PROBLEMS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC LIABILITY (FIRST ARTICLE)
The article examines the general meaning ofthe Constitution of Russia for the development of branches of legislation providing for public liability as well as the individual norms of the Constitutionfrom the point of view of their compliance with some generally recognized international acts. The author criticises the provisions of part 2 of Art. 13 of the Constitution on the prohibition of «state or mandatory ideology», part 1 of Art. 49 on the presumption of innocence as an a priori recognisable legal quality (feature) of a person accused of committing a crime. The article also draws attention to the fact thatthe concepts of «human dignity» and «dignity of the individual», used as synonyms in the Constitution, are not equal in scope and content.