Annotation

In classical constitutionalism, development is more often referred to as the progressive improvement of institutions within the framework of a stable value paradigm. However, at the present stage, there are phenomena that do not fit into linear logic. Sometimes there is a profound change in constitutional identity, a rethinking of basic values, the introduction of alien legal structures, and then a reactive rejection and consolidation of a special path. It is the scale, non-linearity, and depth of these changes that force constitutional law researchers (and, after them, the legislator) to resort to the concept of "transformation," which implies a fundamental reformatting of the system while preserving the outer shell of continuity. The author of the article attempts to build an internal structure of constitutional transformation and delineate its related processes, paying more attention to their internal content. The set of configurations proposed by the author (generalization, modulation, modernization, traditionalization, ideologization) is an interesting approach to building a categorical apparatus, the key feature of which is freedom from the evaluative characteristics of progress/regression.