CONCERNING CERTAIN INSTITUTES OF FIRST-HAND DEMOCRACY IN THE CONTEXT OF INCREASING THE MUNICIPAL LAW POLICY EFFECTIVENESS AND REINFORSEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN STATEHOOD

The article describes mostly effective democratic legal sources used to increase effectiveness of the municipal law policy and to enforce domestic statehood. These sources are: nation-wide discussions, law-making initiative, public hearings, referendum, etc. The author of the article pays special attention to the order of realization of citizens’ law-making initiative.