Democracia y Estado Constitucional: una aproximación

Abstract

The right and duties of citizens require reflections on the models, forms, laws, structures, ideas, and beliefs that govern life in society, such as Democracy and the Constitutional State; therefore, the aim was to delve into the tensions that could exist between these systems-concepts through the collection and analysis of literature on the topics in question. It was considered that democracy, as the current form of government, is the best humanity has had and could have; provided that it is accompanied by a Constitutional State and a Constitution capable of limiting the actions of its democratically elected officials, and protecting the individual and collective rights of all inhabitants of the State, whether majorities or minorities. Thereby, democracy and the Constitutional State exercise control over themselves, resulting in a form of governance judged by many as just and appreciable under which to be sheltered.