Nomads often change countries. When choosing a country to live in, it is not only the climate, local cuisine, and wireless internet speed that matter, but also the legal regime, the degree to which laws are respected, and the possibility of protecting violated rights. To do this, it is useful to feel like citizens and understand how the Constitution works.

Course Learning Outcomes

You will learn how to read the constitution of any state, understand the structure of state power in a country, comply with laws, and exercise civil rights.

Course Topics

• Law. Whose interests does it “serve”? The Constitution as a legal way of organizing popular sovereignty.
• Separation of powers within the system of checks and balances. Examples of different constitutions and political regimes.
• Judicial power within the system of separation of powers. The judicial system in Georgia. Judicial reform in the Russian Federation.
• Constitutional rights and freedoms. Their implementation and protection. Examples of Russia and Georgia.
• Modern human rights protection at the local, national, and international levels.

Lecturer: Nina Belyaeva, Founder and Dean of GNU