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31 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 169 (1999)
The Ukrainian Constitution: Interpretations of the Citizens' Rights Provisions

handle is hein.journals/cwrint31 and id is 183 raw text is: THE UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION: INTERPRETATION OF THE CITIZENS' RIGHTS PROVISIONS Richard C.O. Rezie * TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL SCOPE ............................................. 170 I. THE HISTORICAL BASIS OF THE CITIZENS' RIGHTS PROVISIONS AND THE CLAW BACK PROVISIONS ............................................ 172 II. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE CITIZENS' RIGHTS PROVISIONS AND THE CLAW BACK PROVISIONS ................................................................................... 182 I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S ROLE IN INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION ...................................................................... 186 A. Procedural Issues Involved with Bringing a Case Before the Constitutional C ourt ......................................................................................... 186 B. Interpreting the Constitution: Methods Used by Other Courts and the Appropriate Method for Ukraine .................................................. 189 In 1996, Richard C.O. Rezie graduated magna cum laude from the State Univer- sity of New York College at Oneonta with a B.A. in history. He is a J.D. candidate at Case Western Reserve School of Law ('99) where he is an Articles Editor for the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. The author wishes to thank the following persons who aided me greatly in preparing this article (in alphabetical order by last name): Judge Bohdan A. Futey, J.D., United States Court of Federal Claims, Edward Mearns, J.D., Professor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Roman Szporluk, Ph.D., Director of The Harvard Ukrainian Re- search Institute, Myhailo S. Hrushevsk'yi Professor of Ukrainian History, Orest M. Ryzij, M.D., Ph.D. I would also like to thank the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. All mistakes, misrepresentations, and misinterpretations, if any, fall squarely on my shoulders. This article is dedicated to John Ryzij, M.D., my grandfather, who served in the Ukrainian Armed forces during the struggle for Ukrainian independ- ence and democratic ideals in WWI.

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