No. Republics are representative in some form by nature. To use the term "representative republic" is just redundant. While it was used in the past by at least one of the founding fathers of the...
A democracy is when people elect other people to do make decisions for them in government. A republic is when everyone gets a say in every issue. For example in a democracy people go out and vote for...
In a repulic, people ellect representatives to do the governing. In a direct democracy, people vote themselves on all of the bills. Their is not legislative branch in a direct democracy.