Institutional changes in the electoral system in the contemporary Russia in light of the parliamentary elections in 2016: methodological, legal and doctrinal aspects

Abstract

The article considers the possibility of the analysis of the institutional changes of modern Russian electoral system within interdisciplinary methodology of social sciences. The modern conceptual grounds of the election system, doctrinal and legal aspects of the modern transformation of the electoral system at the stage of the launch of the federal parliamentary elections in Russia are being analyzed; risks, problems of legal regulation of the electoral system, the trends of institutional changes and perspectives of their comprehension for understanding of the status and trends of the evolution of the electoral system in modern Russia are identified. Paradigmatic contradictions in the development of the modern Russian legal theory and doctrine are revealed, the current confrontation between the theoretical heritage of the Soviet law and specific modern Russian concepts, projecting the development of natural law theory and defined as "conceptual uncertainty" is being analyzed. We consider the consequences of conceptual uncertainty in the development of the modern Russian public law, including the electoral law. Scientific novelty is in the definition of the main areas of application of interdisciplinary methodology of research of institutional changes in the electoral system, including the possibilities of interdisciplinary research of the electoral system on the basis of neoinstitutional approach in the modern social sciences