Kursk, Russian Federation
The article presents original theoretical and legal opinions regarding such an important element in the public-legal status of a deputy as the right of legislative initiative. It highlights the problems of implementing this right at the level of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The author identifies the doctrinal and applied problems of guaranteeing and implementing the right of legislative initiative by deputies of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The formal, comparative, systemic, and historical legal methods were supported by sociological, statistical, and standard methods. When analyzing the performance of a deputy, preference should be given to the content and quality of regional legislation rather than to formal and quantitative indicators. The subjects of the right of legislative initiative have conditional equality. The research reveals a low activity of the major subjects of the right of legislative initiative or their high activity with inadequate quality. The article also focuses on the legal nature and specifics of the right of a region’s highest official to legislative initiative.
status of a deputy, public-legal nature of deputy activity, legislative initiative, competence of the legislative body, subject of the Russian Federation
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