European Constitutionalism: Development of the Idea and Legal Means of Public Power Limiting

The article actualizes the problem of formation, development, current state constitutionalist idea and corresponding legal means limiting public power. This is not about numerous political doctrines, its definition or classification: thesis characterization historical stages struggle civil society against despotism state, competing affiliated institutions (economic, military spiritual) allows us to reveal patterns dialectics essential for constitutionalism appropriate authority. author used historical-comparative, formal-logical, method dogmatics specification cases (description specific cases). use these methods made it possible investigate embodiment power that corresponds culture a particular era; main in past present; potential updating are concretized on materials most developed systems present, recognizing implementing European-type democracy as basis structure.