Constitutional guarantees of civil rights as part of the liberal project of reforming the structure of Russia in the beginning of XX century

In liberal modernization projects the Russian state system early XX century the emphasis was shifted to determine the preferred form of government on the formation of the constitutional guarantees of individual rights and freedoms. The logic of this approach defines the very essence of liberalism as a socio-political doctrine, in which the basis of the existence of public order is accepted individual freedom. Adopted at the founding congress of the Cadet Party in October 1905, the program contained a list of civil rights, which was supposed to fix in the law of the state - the constitution. The need to ensure judicial protection of those rights was motivated by the basic principles outlined in the reform agenda of the court. Possible mechanisms for the implementation of the constitutional guarantees of civil rights have detailed justification in the writings of the professors at Tomsk University, who were theorists of liberalism. Among these mechanisms are proposed, in particular, the reorganization of administrative justice of the court to control the legality of government agencies, as well as bringing the budget law in line with the principles of constitutionalism. Comparison of the liberal project early XX century and features a modern constitutional practice recognizes the universality of the principle of the constitutional guarantees of civil rights in the implementation of the strategy of democratic renewal institutions.

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