Providing a normative account of legitimate law is the central task of Habermass [603721]

Providing a normative account of legitimate law is the central task of Habermas's
democratic theory. Politics and law can not function without morality. Only when their
members generally perceive them as legitimate ( in accordance with what the community
consider to be true, right, and good ) societies are stable.Habermas distinguishes
between two fundamental spheres of politics: the informal sphere and the formal sphere.
A society is more stable if the formal sphere is more open to the contribution of civil
society and has the right channels for civil society contributions to influence the
decision-making process. The public sphere is a normative concept that plays a key role
in the process that culminates in legitimate political decisions.According to Habermas,
institutionalized democratic lawmaking and judicial review alone are insufficient to
confer democratic legitimacy. In practice, democratic states achieve this balance better
than non-democratic systems. Democratic institutions tend to produce harmonized laws
with discursive public opinion, which will be rational or justifiable. .

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