Constitutional Court of Ukraine

Annotation. The article examines the problems of regulatory regulation of the powers of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine at the level of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine "On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine", the question of the adequacy of the scope of the powers of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the possibility of their improvement through a significant expansion in order to qualitatively ensure the performance of the function of protecting the Constitution of Ukraine.

 The article deals with the peculiarities of the emergence and development of basic models of constitutional justice. The formation of a particular model of constitutional control in each country is linked to the historical, social, economic, national, legislative preconditions for the emergence of a particular model. Described the main features of the European, American and amparo models of constitutional justice. Emphasized that in the territory of our country the issue of the creation of a constitutional justice body was impossible before Ukraine gained independence.

This article rises and examines the role and place of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the higher bodies of state power system in Ukraine. It is found that in modern constitutional process in Ukraine the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction is not always efficient and effective, partly due to the fact that the Court has only abstract constitutional control over the acts of the supreme bodies of state power and does not have the mechanisms to bring to constitutional responsibility state bodies and officials for acts of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine failure.