THE CONSTITUTIONAL NATURE OF “A DECENT LIFE FOR A PERSON” IN A STATE WITH SOCICAL MARKET ECONOMY

Abstract

The article analyzes the concept of “decent life for a person” as one of the main goals of the welfare state. The study takes into account the developments of the last decade at the national and international levels which bring new approaches and demands to the welfare states. The need for sustainable human development has been considered as well. The authors studied the approaches and the issues of constitutional conception of “decent life for a person” based on the legal-comparative analysis of views in the scientific literature, provision of a people-centered constitution, the realization of everyone’s rights, equal opportunities and conditions for starting conditions, as well as on the requirements of the concept “no one will be left behind”. The article also elucidates some possible solutions of these issues.