Application of methods for interpretation and analogy of law in court’s activities and the constitutional control body in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Authors

  • Ermek B. Abdrasulov L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 2, Satpayeva ul., Nur-Sultan, 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4835-9760
  • Aizhan E. Abdrasulova Kazakh-American Free University, 7b, M. Gor’kogo ul., Ust-Kamenogorsk, 070000, Republic of Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2020.213

Abstract

The categories of interpretation, concretization and legal analogies in the law enforcement activities of the court and the constitutional control body, as well as the views of scientists about their functional purpose, are the subject of the study. The article analyzes the functions and significance of interpretation, concretization and analogy of law from the perspective of the methodology of legal theory, which envisions the need to study state-legal phenomena by focusing on legal practice and that science is necessary to serve the needs of practice and that practice is a truth-criterion of scientific research. Emphasis is placed on judicial errors arising from a misunderstanding of judicial interpretation and concretization of legal norms that may border rulemaking. The inadmissibility is substantiated of turning the interpretation of the rule of law into simple commentary results in failing to achieve the effectiveness of legal regulation. The article emphasizes that in law enforcement, concretization is the result and at the same time the goal of the interpretation process since it is a method, a way of interpreting the law, resulting from the fact that the law cannot cover all the nuances of public relations with regulation. Examples of application of interpretation and analogies of law in the activities of the court and the constitutional control body are analyzed based on the practice of courts’ appeals to the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The article argues that concretization in law enforcement does not act as an independent category; it is the goal of the interpretation process and at the same time its result. The authors conclude that the wrong choice of the optimal variant for a case’s court decision, without using an analogy in law with various methods and techniques for interpreting legal requirements, can lead to inconsistencies and problems in legal regulation.

Keywords:

interpretation of law, concretization of law, analogy in law, judicial practice, constitutional council

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Published

2020-06-29

How to Cite

Abdrasulov, E. B., & Abdrasulova, A. E. (2020). Application of methods for interpretation and analogy of law in court’s activities and the constitutional control body in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law, 11(2), 447–463. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2020.213

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Foreign and International Law