%0 Journal Article
%T Formas del Estado de Derecho y delimitaci車n del derecho al Buen Gobierno
%A Gal芍n Ju芍rez
%A Mercedes
%J Arbor : Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura
%D 2010
%I Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient赤ficas
%R 10.3989/arbor.2010.745n1238
%X This article analyzes the suitable legal and political framework for citizens to exercise their right to good government. After describing the social condition of human beings that leads them to come together and bind themselves to a political organization through a social contract, the different historical forms of the Rule of Law are analyzed up to the Constitutional Rule of Law. The current Constitutionalism combines the principles of legality and legitimacy. This means that the validity of a regulation from a strictly formal perspective is not sufficient; its content must also respect the values, principles and fundamental rights established in the Constitution. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 emphasizes the significance of the individual and individual dignity (Section 10.1) and the instrumental role of the Public Administration as a political organization which shall serve the general interests in a spirit of objectivity (Section 103.1). This is the appropriate legal framework for achieving not only the efficiency and effectiveness of the government, but also the quality of its services. Furthermore, the government has ethical commitments to its citizens, which entails carrying out policies which are consistent with these commitments and avoiding policies which are not. This legal, political and ethical exposition makes it possible to understand good government in all its complexity. Este art赤culo analiza cu芍l es el marco pol赤tico y jur赤dico adecuado para que los ciudadanos hagan efectivo su derecho al buen gobierno. Despu谷s de exponer la condici車n social del hombre que le lleva a agruparse con otros hombres y a vincularse a una organizaci車n pol赤tica por medio de un pacto o contrato social, se analizan las distintas formas hist車ricas del Estado de Derecho hasta llegar al Estado Constitucional de Derecho. El Constitucionalismo actual a迆na el principio de legalidad y legitimidad, lo que significa que no basta con que una norma sea v芍lida desde un punto de vista estrictamente formal sino que se requiere que su contenido respete los valores, principios y derechos fundamentales establecidos en la Constituci車n. Por su parte, la Constituci車n Espa ola de 1978, al resaltar la centralidad de la persona y su dignidad (art. 10.1) y destacar el valor instrumental de la Administraci車n p迆blica como organizaci車n pol赤tica al servicio objetivo de los intereses generales (art. 103.1), establece el marco jur赤dico adecuado para conseguir no s車lo la eficiencia y la eficacia de la gesti車n p迆blica, sino la calidad de sus servicios. Asimismo, el gobierno tiene unos compr
%K Citizen
%K good government
%K social contract
%K Rule of law
%K human dignity
%K human rights
%K public interests
%K government
%K individual
%K democracy
%K Ciudadano
%K buen gobierno
%K pacto social
%K Estado de Derecho
%K dignidad humana
%K derechos humanos
%K intereses generales
%K gobierno
%K persona
%K democracia
%U http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/1237/1242