About the magazine
"Representative Power – 21st Century: Legislation, Commentary, Problems" is the only magazine published under auspices of the committees of the State Duma, RF Federal Assembly. Its short title is "Representative Power – 21st Century".
The magazine is an independent legal scholarly and practical bi-monthly periodical founded in 1994. We also publish special issues.
The magazine is dedicated to legal aspects of the activity of the representative branch of government. It contains commentary and review of legislative acts, draft laws, legal expertise, questions of parliamentary ethics, analysis of the practice of implementation of law and other normative acts, problems of legal regulation of judicial system, financial activities, taxation, science and education, globalization, religious organizations and public associations, guarantees of human rights and civil freedoms, development of the civil society, etc.
THE MAGIZINE’S GOALS
The magazine goals are aimed at development of the rule of law, representative power and parliamentarism, financial market, foreign investments, institutions of the civil society in Russia; protection of human rights and civil freedoms; enhancement of humanitarian values, ethics and morality.
Since creation of the magazine, we have published several special issues dedicated to political parties, elections of the deputies and RF President, parliamentarism, various aspects of lobbyist activities. We pay a lot of attention to economic reforms, international relations and various areas of law and legislation.
EDITORIAL COUNCIL
Editorial Council of the magazine includes Doctor of Law S.N. Baburin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma; Doctor of Law V.V. Volodin, Deputy Head of the “United Russia” faction in the State Duma; Doctor of Law O.O. Mironov; Doctor of Law V.A. Uss, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsky krai; Doctor of Economics M.M. Prusak, Governor of Novgorodskaya oblast; State Duma deputy S.A. Popov, as well as distinguished scholars: Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Î.Å. Êutafin and Doctor of Law V.G. Vishnyakov.
EDITORIAL BOARD AND EXPERT COUNCIL
Editorial Board and Expert Council of the magazine include distinguished scholars: ó÷àñòèå èçâåñòíûå ó÷åíûå: Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences D.A. Kerimov; a distinguished American scholar, Professor Emeritus of the University of Emory Law School Harold J. Berman; Doctors of Law A.S. Avtonomov, V.I. Lysenko, S.V. Polenina, B.A. Strashun, etc.
Strong Russia doesn’t come easy. It’s a difficult and urgent task. Strong and professional representative power makes economic reforms more effective and enhances the civil society in Russia. This is also a mission of our magazine.
THE MAGAZINE IS DISTRIBUTED
The magazine is distributed in the State Duma and the Federation Council, delivered to the Administration of the RF President, RF Council of Ministers, ministries and departments of the government, all bodies of legislative power in subjects of the Russian Federation, scientific and educational institutions, libraries. The magazine has its readers in the Commonwealth of Independent States and overseas.
We have correspondents in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Italy, Canada, USA. The net of the magazine’s correspondents has been constantly growing.
Reference editions of the magazine are published in Russian, English and other foreign languages.
