The article examines the methodology for analyzing the institution of constitutional justice in the French Republic from the standpoint of three main approaches: axiological, institutional,and hermeneutic. The feasibility of combining such approaches for a holistic understanding of the nature and functional purpose of the Constitutional Council of France is substantiated. The purpose of the article is to analyze the leading scientific approaches (axiological, institutional, and hermeneutic) for a deeper study of the specifics of constitutional jurisdiction in the French Republic. The axiological approach makes it possible to consider the French body of constitutional jurisdiction as an institution that embodies the value principles of constitutionalism. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the precedent practice of the Council, which gives normative content to the fundamental values and principles of constitutional law, in particular, in the context of bioethics, health care, and penitentiary law. The institutional approach is used to study the Constitutional Council as a political and legal body that functions in a system of checks and balances. The procedure for forming its composition is considered, in particular, the participation of the President of the Republic and the two chambers of Parliament, as well as the specifics of the membership of former Presidents. The powers of the socalled “filter judges” after the emergence of the institution of the priority issue of constitutionality in France are separately analyzed. The hermeneutical approach made it possible to reveal the content of the concepts that mediate the interpretation of the norms of the “constitutionality bloc”, in particular, “constitutional identity”, “fundamental principles recognized by the laws of the Republic”, etc. It is emphasized that the body of constitutional jurisdiction interprets certain principles and gives them a new essence. It is concluded that methodological pluralism is a necessary tool for a deep understanding of the specifics of the French system of constitutional jurisdiction and its place in the European legal space.

Authored books

1. Badyda A, Konstytutsiinyi kontrol u Frantsuzkii Respublitsi: teoretyko-pravovyi vymir (RIK-U 2024) (in Ukrainian).

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Edited books

3. Kolodii A, ‘Metodolohiia naukovykh doslidzhen u konstytutsiinomu pravi Ukrainy’, Metodolohiia provedennia haluzevykh yurydychnykh doslidzhen (O Kot, A Hryniak, M Khomenko red, Helvetyka 2022) (in Ukrainian).

Journal articles

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6. Badyda A, ‘Braterstvo u Frantsuzkii Respublitsi: sutnist ta zastosuvannia’ [2024] 6 Analitychno-porivnialne pravoznavstvo 22 (in Ukrainian).

7. Badyda A, ‘Derzhavna rada ta Kasatsiinyi sud u roli kvazikonstytutsiinykh orhaniv u Frantsuzkii Respublitsi’ [2024] 4 Pryvatne ta publichne pravo 3 (in Ukrainian).

Conference papers

8. Badyda A, ‘Poniattia “konstytutsiinoho bloku” v Frantsuzkii Respublitsi: doktryna i sudova praktyka’, Suchasnyi konstytutsionalizm: problemy teorii ta praktyky: materialy naukovoho seminaru (19 chervnia 2020 r.) (N Lepish upor, LvDUVS 2020) 7–13 (in Ukrainian).

9. Badyda A, Peresh I, Petsa D, ‘Konstytutsiina rada Frantsii ta yii rol v otsintsi konstytutsiinosti dzherel prava Yevropeiskoho soiuzu’, Zakarpatski pravovi chytannia. Stalyi rozvytok ta instytutsiina spromozhnist v umovakh viiny: natsionalnyi ta mizhnarodno-pravovyi aspekty: Materialy ХVI mizhnarodnoi naukovo-praktychnoi konferentsii (Liha-Pres 2024) 84.