Abstract:
The article considers a historical retrospective of the formation and development of constitutional control in
the context of the traditions of constitutionalism. The phenomena of constitution, constitutionalism, constitutional
control are analyzed in the hypostasis of the most important attributes of any democratic, progressive
state. The tendency of the modern period of the development of constitutionalism is highlighted — a twovector
characteristic: in the paradigms of practical and theoretical constitutionalism. It is subjected to the
analysis and theoretical justification of the multifaceted interpretation of the meaning of constitutional control.
To achieve the goal of the study, the authors of the article subjected to the conceptual analysis the genesis
and evolution of the institution of constitutional control in the world practice of constitutionalism. Based
on theoretical sources and empirical material, the problems of the emergence and development of a state-legal
institution are investigated: legal concepts, sources of organization and functioning of varieties of models of
constitutional control existing in the modern period in the countries of the world. Based on the periodization
of the evolution of the institution of constitutional review in the countries of the world, the main trends and
specific features of the development of this institution at all stages of historical development are characterized.
As a result of summarizing the achievements of world practice, three main models of constitutional control
are distinguished: American, continental and mixed.The authors of the study substantiated the real significance
for domestic constitutionalism of creating in practice the system of constitutional control of
the Republic of Kazakhstan.