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Article Law and the State Authority: Issues of the Legitimacy
Authors Soldatenko O.
Name of magazine Scientific journal «Philosophy of Law and General Theory of Law» (Ukrainian language)
Issue 1 / 2012
Pages 167 - 176
Annotation The article dedicates to investigation of theoretical problem of legitimization of public authority and law. Legitimacy is considered as the base of law and condition of legal character of public authority. Western conceptions of moral-and-legal legitimization of law and public compulsion are examined, correlation of legality and legitimacy authority, condition of legitimacy of the judicial system, where author includes in function of defense of human rights, are investigates.
Keywords human rights, legal certainty, legality, legitimacy, legitimization, morality of law, public authority, public compulsion.
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