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The Constitutional Court of Georgia publishes a Scholarly Collection dedicated to its 30th Anniversary
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, a scholarly collection has been published under the initiative of the President of the Court Mr. Revaz Nadaraia, being also an author of its foreword.
The materials and illustrations of the book were collected, an extensive scholarly study was prepared and the volume was edited and prepared for publication by the Deputy Head of the Department of Legal Provision and Research and Editor of the Scientific Journal of the Constitutional Court Professor Beka Kantaria.
The collection features archival materials from the 1990s on constitutional review, articles and essays, scholarly works by Georgian legal scholars, interviews and illustrations. It also includes draft constitutions submitted by Georgian political organisations, original versions of the legislation concerning the Constitutional Court and the materials documenting appointment of the first composition of the Court as well as oath-taking ceremony of the Judges held on July 24, 1996.
One of the key contributions of the publication is represented by the scholarly study undertaken by Beka Kantaria. Drawing on relevant sources, the study provides a chronological overview of various stages in the development of constitutional review in Georgia. It summarizes the news related to the constitutional review published in the Georgian media in the nineteenth century, as well as conceptual approaches that emerged during the First Democratic Republic of Georgia. Particular focus is given to the views of the member of the Constituent Assembly of Georgia and one of the authors of the Act of Independence of 26 May 1918 - Mr. Giorgi Gvazava.
The book substantiates the position that Giorgi Gvazava was the first Georgian legal scholar to advocate introduction of the Constitutional Review. The study also examines the discourse related to the constitutional review in Georgia between 1990 and 1996. It analyses the constitutional status of state institutions entrusted with exercising constitutional review and specific features of their activities in the fields of constitutional review and supervision, including during the Soviet period. Particular attention is also attached to the issues related to the activities of the Plenum of Constitutional Court in 1996.
The second part of the collection presents scholarly papers by distinguished legal experts addressing contemporary issues in law. The contributors include the President of the European Court of Human Rights Mr. Matthias Guyomar; Judge of the European Court of Human Rights and President of its Fourth Section Professor Lado Chanturia; a member of the Constitutional Court of Georgia Professor Eva Gotsiridze; as well as Professors Merab Turava, Levan Izoria, Giorgi Khubua, and Zurab Dzlierishvili.
The scholarly collection dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Georgia aims to promote academic understanding of the history of the constitutional review in Georgia, highlight the national legal heritage of the country and contribute to the development of Georgian legal science.
The electronic version of the scholarly collection is available at the digital repository of Ilia Chavchavadze National Parliamentary Library of Georgia - “Iverieli”.
