Modern Mechanisms of Formation, Identification and Protection of the Will of the People

Abstract

The paper analyzes the academic legacy of Prof. Ekaterina I. Kozlova in the part of her research of fundamental issues of the theory of democracy and various forms of its manifestation and mechanisms of implementation. Over the years of her academic career Ekaterina I. Kozlova researched the evolution of the conceptual foundations of democracy in the Russian Federation, and the will of the people is the quintessence of it. The basic ideas of Prof. Kozlova are manifested in both the modern doctrine of constitutional and municipal law and jurisprudence. The paper investigates the local community as a way of formation and identification of the will of residents of the municipality. The author has elucidated the modern development of ideas of people’s representation in the concept of representative democracy, municipal and public representation and substantiated the idea, structure and content of the public power. The development of the society and scientific and technological progress create new risks, which require new mechanisms and updating of existing ones. With this regard, the author has investigated ideas of modern authors concerning “people’s accusation”.