Filippova Natalya
The theory of public representation is reconstructed in the context of two legal traditions: republican and democratic. Substantive provisions of G. Ellinek theory of civil participation are named. Distinctions between G. Ellinek's concept and Russian jurists’ theories of national representation the beginning of XX c. are determined.
Keywords: republic, democracy, participation of citizens in implementation of public authority, public representation, public interest, the mixed form of power.