Does the Constitutional Court have the authority to set precedents with its interpretation of the Constitution?
We do not, as you know, have the law of precedents. The Constitutional Court by law does not have the right to change its decisions, it can only review a decision if new factors arise that were not known earlier. But if the Constitutional Court receives new applications or proposals based on decisions already rendered then those applications are not accepted. The court does not review cases where the facts are similar to those in past decisions. In this way you might say precedents are used. But that is not the same type of precedent that exists in, let’s say, England. Please explain how the Constitutional Court of Ukraine differs from the Supreme Court of the United States by its authority and procedures. I will not answer that question right now. At the end of March and the beginning of April, all of our judges will be traveling to the U.S. for two weeks to study the organization, procedures and work of the Supreme Court. Then they will be able to answer this question with more compe
