Democracy in the Constitutions and Charters of the RF Constituent Entities

This article analyzes and compares the content of norms and particularities of enshrining local self-government in the constitutions and charters of the RF constituent entities as the basis of the constitutional order of the country, as a kind of public authority, and as a subjective right. Examining implementation of human rights in constitutions and charters of the RF constituent entities, Nadezhda A. Mikhaleva made a classification by distinguishing socio-political rights and freedoms rather than traditional political rights. The author of the article examines the reasonableness of using the term "petition", applying specific mechanisms and procedures for its implementation in the constituent entities of the Federation. On the basis of an analysis of the provisions of the effective legislation of the RF constituent entities the author of the article concludes that entrancing a petition as a form of the rule of the people can be considered as an additional safeguard of realization of democratic foundations of regional statehood in modern Russia. The article justifies the opinion with regard to a single idea and affinity underlying such forms of direct democracy as a collective appeal, petition, public initiative, a mandate, and differences in a scope of issues and a number of initiators' signatures, in an application form (oral or written) and design, addressee, and procedures. The comparative analysis of the rules of modern constitutions and charters of constituent entities allowed the author to propose an extension of the list of socio-political rights compiled by Nadezhda A. Mikhaleva by means of including the rights to the people's initiative, mandate, public hearings, debates, territorial public self-government, voting on border changes and reformation of municipal entities.

Constitutions, charters, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local self-government, socio-political rights, petition, people's initiative, mandate, public hearings, debate, territorial public self-government, voting, border changes and reformation of municipal entities

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