Constitutional and legal responsibility as a social institute for the regulation of public relations

Constitutional and legal responsibility as a type of legal responsibility is an important social institution not only in the Russian Federation, but also in the rest of the world. Domestic science of the theory of law has been considering and studying this institution for decades, arguing and discussing its various aspects. That is why further study of this type of responsibility, taking into account international experience, is relevant to this day. The main object of the article is to consider and analyze the constitutional and legal responsibility. The tasks are to disclosure of the concept and content of legal liability; study and analysis of scientific works of legal scholars in the field of research; designation of the main elements of legal responsibility in general and constitutional and legal responsibility, in particular; disclosure of the legal nature of constitutional and legal responsibility; identifying the features of the institution of constitutional and legal responsibility. Methodological basis constitutes general scientific methods of cognition: structural, logical, comparative legal, system-structural.