HISTORICAL VARIETIES AND CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT

Author(s): Golovastova Yulia Alexandrovna, Vidova Tatiana Alexandrovna

Rubric: Constitutional and municipal law

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2019-1-55-62

Release: 2019-1 (19)

Pages: 55-62

Keywords: form of government, republic, Roman republic, feudal republic, bourgeois republic, Soviet republic, theocratic republic

Annotation: This article discusses the varieties of the republican form of government that existed throughout history, as well as the characteristic features inherent in the republic. The authors’ goal is to analyze and formulate the main characteristics of the republican form of government, taking into account the historical development of this political phenomenon. This topic is relevant in connection with the substitution and loss of republican and democratic values that often takes place in modern times. With the fall of the legal culture of citizens, the decline of interest in preserving the principle of election of power, the legal legacy of the past merits deserves first priority attention. With the examples of the brightest types of the republic, the authors analyze the main features of the republican form of government, both originated in ancient times and acquired in the recent past. The article reveals the historically formed signs of republican power. As the main results, the authors formulate the characteristic features of the republican form of government.

Bibliography: Golovastova YU.AL., Vidova TA.AL. HISTORICAL VARIETIES AND CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2019. – № 1 (19). – С. 55-62. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2019-1-55-62