The essence of people’s sovereignty as a legal phenomenon is clarified and its author’s definition for the science of constitutional law is proposed. It is proved that “people's sovereignty” is a complex legal concept that consists of two interrelated and complementary elements – “sovereignty” and “people”, which form a coherent legal category, which is at the same time the fundamental principle of modern constitutionalism. The content of people’s sovereignty is that it is formed in the process of public life natural attribute of the people to possess a supreme, independent, constitutive power, which expresses the universal will of each individual and is realized in the rights of citizens, with their direct participation, within the existing constitutional state.
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