A thesis is posed in the present analysis that the system of the Constitutional Court in Azerbaijan in based on the solutions characteristic of the moderns states of law. This system refers to model solutions, commonly applied in contemporary states, including the states within the system of the Council of Europe, where Azerbaijan is a member. The constitutional view of the Constitutional Court draws attention to guaranteeing the Court independence in relations with other subjects of legal relations, while the judges – independence in doing their duties. A characteristic feature of the Constitutional Court in Azerbaijan includes its extended competences. Although particular competences are the same as those of constitutional courts in other countries (e.g. ascertaining the validity of parliamentary elections or participation in making the highest functionaries in the state constitutionally accountable), it is not typical that they are granted with such intensity as in Azerbaijan. The decision of the constituting power to give the Constitutional Court not only the task of settling the compatibility of legal regulations with the Constitution (which is typical in contemporary states of law) but also realizing other numerous competences should be viewed on the one hand as a reflection of the attachment (at least on the formal level) of the Azerbaijani law-maker to the principle of the rule of law but, on the other, as an expression of the conviction that among the organs of legal protection the Constitutional Court is best prepared to realize them.