REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY: ISSUES OF CORRELATION

¹Komarova Valentina, ² Varlen Maria and, ³Sadovnikova Galina 
¹ Prof. Ms., Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Russia, lulu.kom88@gmail.com  
² Prof. Ms., Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Russia, torvar@ya.ru
³ Prof. Ms., Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Russia, tina66@bk.ru

Abstract

In the framework of the implementation of the constitutional imperative of the Russian statehood in anticipation of the President elections in the country, the relevance of the consideration of representative government and forms of direct democracy in the context of their relationship has increased. The purpose of this article is the search for mechanisms to increase trust in the authorities, using forms of direct democracy in the work of the representative bodies of the country.
The constitutional democracy is one of the main characteristics of state organization in modern Russia. It can be named as a basis of the Russian statehood. The part of political and legal ideology which relates directly to the constitutionalism should be analyzed in relations with the ideas about national sovereignty and democracy, civil liberties, the people control of the public power and the mechanisms of participation in its work. The mechanism of direct democracy includes various forms. The direct democracy is realized with the help of these forms.
Today Russia faces a new opportunity for the formation of civil society - the citizens can install the genuine control over the state.
It is necessary to develop the civil initiative and self-government, forms that allow citizens to engage in solving society's problems in order to realize this opportunity. Forms of direct democracy, constitutional framework of a democratic and legal state, which are enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, can play a great role in such activity. The following authors’ suggestion is reflected in the article. It is possible to use different forms of direct democracy in order to identify and combine personal, collective and public interests, to find a compromise between them to ensure the principle of social justice in various spheres of society.
The legislation on public hearings, surveys which are applied in constitutional, municipal, civil, land law and some other branches of the Russian law was analyzed as an example. The conclusions about the feasibility of changing forms of work of representative bodies with extension of the participation of citizens, civil society institutions and political parties in addressing issues of state and public life are made with the help of the methods of comparative law, the analytical method and generalization.

Keywords: democracy, representative authorities, public