The Constitutional Model of Interaction in the Constitutional Acts of Modern Russia

Abstract

The paper examines the term «interaction» updated in the process of the 2020 Constitutional Reform. The author analyzes the constitutional model of the interaction implementation in the Constitution of Russia, federal legislation and constitutional (statutory) legislation of the constituent entities of the Federation. Based on the comparative legal analysis, the paper explains the features of interaction in the unified system of public authorities at various levels, the features of goal-setting and types and forms of interaction. The author concludes that different goal-setting of interaction in the legislation of constituent entities, on the one hand, allows taking into account the characteristic features, on the other hand, it implies differences in the forms and procedures of its implementation and subjects of interaction. The author proposes the system-forming elements of a unified system of public authorities. It is revealed that in the acts of the constituent entities under consideration, it is mainly about interaction in the system of state power, whereas the constitutional formulations at the federal level also concern local self-government bodies. According to the author, this narrowing of the subjects of interaction carries obvious risks of improper enforcement of federal legislation. The author also concludes that interaction is more widely regulated at the level of the constituent entities of the federation, determines the goals and subjects of the process, defines the features of interaction and promising aspects for incorporation into the legislation of the constituent entities.