Tatiana Khramova

Alexandra A. Troitskaya

This article is dedicated to comparative analysis f the use of foreign law by constitutional courts. The authors explore various factors that motivate judges to refer to foreign legal sources, categorize the goals o f citation, and provide a theoretical framework for judicial comparativism drawing on the theories o f constitutional interpretation.The main findings o f this analysis help to understand the Russian Constitutional Court's emerging practice o f explicit use of comparative arguments.