METHODOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE LAW IN PRACTICE

THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF GEORGIA COMPARED TO FRANCE AND GERMANY

Abstract

An international conference dealing with the new Georgian constitutional system was held on the 22nd of October 2014 in Tbilisi. The main goal of the conference was to establish how the constitutional reform of 2010 could be classified in terms of constitutional theory and its practical application and furthermore to clarify what roles and responsibilities are henceforth bestowed upon the Georgian president. The following will first provide an overview of the methodology of comparative law (I.) and then focus on the current situation in Georgia (II.). Furthermore, the distribution of powers in France will be described comprehensively (III.), bearing in mind its Georgian counterpart and drawing conclusions from this system. This article will then conclude with a comparison to the German constitution (IV.) after which the research results will be summarised in several theses (V.).