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Final review (1): constitution, international law and administrative law

Lessons 27 · 1 lessons · V. A. Kostetskiy. Foundations of state and law, Grade 10, 1st edition. Yangiyo‘l Poligraf Servis, Tashkent, 2017
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Final review (1): international, constitutional and administrative law

Textbook: pp. 133–134 (§§ 27–28)
GoalSummarise topics 1–11 (law and the Constitution, international law, the UN, citizenship, human rights, the constitutional order, administrative law).
New words
the Constitution · Konstitutsiyathe UN · BMTcitizenship · fuqarolikadministrative liability · ma’muriy javobgarlik
Explanation

Law is a system of general rules set and protected by the state and binding on all; the Constitution is the basic law with the highest legal force. The current Constitution was adopted by referendum on 30 April 2023; under it Uzbekistan is a sovereign, democratic, legal, social and secular state; the text has 155 articles. Parliament has two chambers: the Senate (65 members) and the Legislative Chamber (150 deputies, mixed electoral system); the President is elected for 7 years and may serve at most two terms; khokims no longer chair the Kengashes. International law regulates relations between states; the UN Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 and entered into force on 24 October, with 51 original members and 193 now; Uzbekistan joined on 2 March 1992. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted on 20 November 1989. Citizenship is a person’s stable legal link with the state. Administrative law regulates public order, administrative offences and punishment: administrative liability starts at 16, administrative arrest is up to 15 days in normal conditions and imposed only by a judge, and fines are set in base calculated values (BHM). The death penalty has been abolished since 1 January 2008, and the 2023 Constitution prohibits it.

Worked examples
Question: “How many deputies are in the lower chamber and how are they elected?” Answer: the Legislative Chamber has 150 deputies under a mixed system; the Senate has 65 members.
A 16-year-old passenger broke the order in a public place. This may be an administrative offence; liability exists from 16, the authorised body sets the penalty by the procedure of law, while arrest is only by a court and up to 15 days.
Class activity

Summary table: students make an 11-row table for topics 1–11 (topic, key concept, the most important number or date), then check each other in pairs.

Practice
1
When was the 2023 Constitution adopted and what kind of state is Uzbekistan declared to be?
2
Write the dates of the UN Charter and the date Uzbekistan joined.
3
State the term of administrative arrest and who imposes it.
4
Why should one not rely on the article numbers of the old Constitution in the old textbook?