Future Generations of the Humanity in the Constitutional Law Regulation System

Abstract

The article reviews the issues related to the determination of the legal position of the future generations of the humanity in the constitutional law regulation system based on the methodological framework of the theory of law, international law, constitutional law. The author emphasizes that the regulation is usually carried out from the perspective of general approaches to human rights and in a narrower scope of the issues of environmental protection, financial burden imposed on the future generations of the humanity. Special attention is paid to legislative approaches applied in the Russian Federation (including on the level of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipal structures) in respect of the future generations of the humanity. It is stated that the regulation is performed in the matters of ecology, biological diversity, culture, architecture, urban development, economics, social sphere, healthcare, archiving. The future generations of the humanity are mostly understood as non-born citizens (residents) of our country.