Constitutional Status of the Head of State and Its Regulation in National Legislation

Abstract

This study established that the head of the Ukrainian state is the key guarantor of the stability of social relations and internal political and international processes. He exerts influence directly by drafting various regulations, sending messages and orders for the implementation of various constitutional provisions in real management practice. The author pointed out certain problems and imperfections of the legislative regulation of activities of the current President of Ukraine. Separate legal constructions regarding the characteristics and features of the activities of the President of Ukraine and the reform of various state institutions were also investigated. The practice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine was involved in the study, related to the consideration of issues of changing the constitutional, legislative foundations of the country’s development and the status of the head of state. Therefore, the purpose of this study is a comprehensive study of the institution of the head of state of independent Ukraine and other countries to obtain comparative legal experience for the Ukrainian legislative system. The main results of the study were obtained through theoretical and methodological analysis of literary scientific sources, as well as by methods of formal legal, comparative legal, comparative political, system-structural analysis, value-normative and institutional methods, content analysis of statistical data and official documents. The study of modern practice and achievements of the President of Ukraine allowed determining the practical significance and originality of certain issues of the implementation of constitutional norms in the activities of the head of state. The subjects considered in this paper related to the regulation of the legal status of the President in the current legislation of Ukraine are promising for further in-depth study and detailing, resolving various controversial issues, including for additional analysis concerning modern legal reforms of the state