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Avtandil Demetrashvili
PARADIGMS 1 OF
CONSTITUTIONALISM IN GEORGIA
Avtandil Demetrashvili
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Professor,
Head of the Constitutional Commission of Georgia.
Georgian State Constitutional Commission was established on 8 June 2009 by the Order of the
President of Georgia. 2 Commission was charged with preparation of the Constitutional Law bill in
accordance with the article 102 of the Constitution of Georgia on “Changes and Amendments to
the Constitution of Georgia.” Topics on Constitutional issues, once again as many times during the
existence of Georgia as an independent state (1918-1921, 1991-2009) became the subject of analysis,
discussions and debate. Current Constitutional reform is aimed at building democratic state
and indeed it is laid down in the statute 3 of the Commission. Effective government system serves as
bridge between civil society and the state.
It is hard to find an independent state within post soviet states, even those who are in the process
of transition, who, like Georgia did not have an ambition to live in accordance with Constitutional
examples (paradigms) – in accordance with the supreme law of the State. But it is also reality that
in practice it is not always feasible. The close examination of the new and the newest history of
Georgia is good example of that, when reality and legal rules were going into different directions.
The aim of the author of the present article is to present the academic analysis of the constitutional
history of the country, highlight general trends of development and in light with the ongoing
Constitutional Reform to discuss the future perspectives.
At the same time we are far from the idea that only academic analysis, based on texts books will
illustrate the real constitutional setting of the country. In order to achieve this aim we need to exam-
1 Paradigm- ancient Greek word- means example.
2 Refer to the order N 388 of the President of Georgia dated 8 June 2009 on “the activities to be done for the creation of the state constitutional
commission” www.prezident.gov.ge 2944
3 Refer to the order N 348 of the President of Georgia dated 23 June 2009 on “the approval of the statute of the state constitutional commission”
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