Judicial Protection of the Right of the Population to Territorial Self-Organization in the Russian Federation: Assessment of Current Practice
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Purpose of the study. The article examines topical problems of judicial protection of the population's right to territorial self-organization. This research seems to be relevant in connection with the problems that have arisen in practice, which require a comprehensive substantiation of the constitutional content of the population's right to territorial self-organization and an assessment of the existing judicial practice of considering territorial disputes in the system of local self-government in the Russian Federation. Conclusions. As a result of the study, the authors come to the conclusion that the provisions of Federal Law No. 131-ФЗ as amended by Federal Law No. 87-ФЗ dated 05/01/2019 and the judicial practice of recognizing a decision of a representative body as a form of consent of the population to change the boundaries of municipalities contradicts the constitutional right of the population on territorial self-organization. Such forms of democracy as a local referendum, general municipal discussion by the population or a general municipal poll should have an advantage, which will maximize the involvement of residents in resolving issues of the territorial structure at the municipal level.

Umnova-Koniukhova I.A., Popova S.P., (2021), JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT OF THE POPULATION TO TERRITORIAL SELF-ORGANIZATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PRACTICE. Gaps in Russian Legislation, 7 => 59-66.

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judicial protection, local self-government, the right of the population to territorial self-organization, criteria for the territorial organization of local self-government, municipalities in the Russian Federation, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, courts of general jurisdiction, referendum, survey of citizens, forms of direct democracy, the territory of a municipality.