Minina, A.A., Rizk, O.A. Legal activity of citizens as a criterion for the efficient activities of the state government and municipal bodies.

Abstract: The article includes an attempt of analysis of normative legal acts regulating the procedure for the expression of initiatives of citizens and their independence in the sphere of implementation of their legal capabilities in the political and legal spheres. The presence of the said acts shows that the legislator agrees that the high level of legal activity of the people facilitates improvement of legislative quality, due regulation of the activities of the government bodies within the mechanism of legal regulation. The object of studies involves legal norms regulating manifestations of legal activities of the people, such as claims of citizens, public hearings, social control, participation of citizens in the preservation of the public order, public discussion, public initiative. In the process of studies the authors used general and specific scientific research methods (as well as special legal research methods: formal legal and comparative legal studies). The scientific novelty of the work is due to the development of a complex of theoretical provisions by the authors, substantiating the need to form clear legal algorithms and allowing the citizens to take part in the public administration matters, to interact with the government and to be heard by the government bodies. The article contains the conclusion that real possibility for the citizens of the Russian Federation to be legally active is a necessary condition for the efficient work of the state government and municipal bodies.

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