The constitutional right of the citizens of the Russian Federation to participate in the management of state affairs through the judiciary

The article examines some of the characteristic features of the Russian Federation citizens' participation in the state affairs management, carried out through the judicial authorities. The essence of this constitutional right of citizens, its definition is considered. The process of approval of the judiciary as an independent branch of state power in the Russian Federation at the modern history is traced. The key stages in the evolution of citizens' right to participate in the judiciary in the Soviet and Russian Basic Law have been investigated. The moment was noted when the goal of securing the citizens' right of participating in the state affairs management at the highest legislative level was first formulated in the Soviet Constitutions. The main stages of development of the legal provisions of the Constitution of the USSR on people's assessors are revealed, the moment of inclusion of the above-named assessors in the judicial system in the Soviet Union is traced. The gaps in empowering citizens with the Basic Law the right to manage state affairs through the judiciary are highlighted. The use by leading domestic researchers of this constitutional law of a set of standard formulations for the most widely used definitions of citizens' constitutional right of participating in the process of justice administration is stated. The key goal of study done was to create a concept that defines the Russian Federation citizens' right of participating in the state affairs management by the meals of judiciary, based on an analysis of existing points of view on the essence of under study. As a result, conclusions were made about the need for further improvement of legislation to clearly formulate the citizens' right to participate in the justice administration and to separate this right from citizens' participation in organizing judicial activities.

citizens' constitutional law, the citizens' participating in the state affairs management, judiciary, jurors