The culture of legality is a prerequisite for the rule of law. [2] In a state governed by the rule of law, legal norms: The culture of legality is a set of values, norms, perceptions and attitudes that the individual has towards laws and the institutions that enforce them. Since it indicates the degree of knowledge of citizens about the norms in force, it is a fundamental element in determining the stability of the social system. The culture index of legality is based on these three axes. Each has an equal weighting, which, weighted, results in a score that goes from zero to ten, zero being the worst scenario of the culture of legality and ten being the optimum. Snout. Federal. (21 out of 04 of 2019). Government of Mexico. In order www.gob.mx/cenace/acciones-y-programas/plan-nacional-de-desarrollo-2019-2024-195029 www.gob.mx/ to promote a culture of legality, it is important to start from these principles: as part of the accompanying material, a methodological guide for the dissemination and promotion of this subject in the Guatemalan education system has been created. This document is aimed at project promoters whose efforts and commitment are focused on legality and respect for the rule of law. So far, the culture of legality has been promoted among more than 2,000 primary and secondary school students in eight educational centres in the departments of Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez and Escuintla.
Teachers and civil servants have also been trained in this project. The culture of legality serves as a criterion for assessing the degree of compliance and compliance with the applicable rules by its applicants and recipients. In 2018, the aim of the project is to train people to reproduce the culture of legality in official educational centres and in their respective educational communities. To achieve this goal, a virtual course on this topic will be designed, which will be publicly accessible and free of charge, with a personal version for those who are part of the project. At the MUCD, we believe that one of the main aspects of stopping the phenomenon of insecurity and promoting collective well-being is the strengthening of the rule of law. This can be achieved when all people follow the rules and encourage others to abide by them. Therefore, our efforts to promote and practice a culture of legality aim to provide people with elements that promote the acquisition of knowledge, so that they change their attitude and develop skills that promote their voluntary participation in different spaces of their daily lives and with the authorities. The promotion of the culture of legality in the national education system is a priority and strategic issue that will facilitate the building of a citizenship based on national values fully shared by the history and reality of Guatemala. This requires the training of young university students, teachers, educators, who then have the task of raising awareness among other people, mainly primary and secondary school students. The majority cannot use its will in a democratic regime, but must adhere to the applicable legality and institutionality. The national institutions, CICIG and the Italian Embassy in Guatemala, are convinced that the issue of the culture of legality will be anchored in the training programme for citizens, adapted to each level of the national education system and guaranteeing that it will be promoted throughout the country.
We hope that the information will be useful to identify areas of opportunity and get to work to build a true culture of legality in Mexico There are perspectives that see the culture of legality as a form of submission and conformism by accepting what is in the laws without taking into account, that they are imposed by power groups. [Citation needed] These perspectives stipulate that the rules or obligations of coexistence are important, that in order to be legitimate, they must be agreed directly or by mutual agreement between citizens who undertake to respect these agreements between them; Therefore, it is indicated that U or laws, even if they are presented as indispensable or legal, because it has no value if they are not legitimate. Those who share this view believe that disregard for established legality is considered legitimate if it cannot be justified. [2] Adapted to the definition of “civic culture”. Civic culture in Bogotá (2002). Report on the results of the first application of the measurement system. District Institute for Culture and Tourism. Mayor of Bogotá, D.C.
In a society that practices the culture of legality, citizens are: it is known as the culture of legality until the supremacy of the law over any activity or function of public authority. This means that everything that emanates from the state must be regulated by law and never by the will of the individual. It is a mechanism of individual self-regulation and social regulation that requires citizens to achieve a certain harmony between respect for the law, moral convictions and cultural traditions and conventions. [2] The right weighting of each axis is explained by the model of action through the competences that we promote in the MUCD in order to promote a culture of legality, because in civil and legal action it depends both on the knowledge of the laws and norms of coexistence and on the ability of people to act. The culture of legality is a set of values and actions that provokes in citizens the defense of the rule of law and the rejection of illegality. The culture of legality of a particular society “is the set of beliefs, values, norms and actions that promote that the population believes in the rule of law, defends it and does not tolerate illegality” [1]. It shall serve as a criterion for assessing the degree of compliance and compliance with the applicable rules by its applicants and addressees. The course is divided into four areas: the rule of law, the culture of legality, mechanisms for their respective promotion and social institutions for the development of this project. It will also provide the participant with tools and skills to promote concrete actions that produce citizen practices to strengthen harmonious coexistence between people. The culture of legality is a set of values, norms, perceptions and attitudes that individuals have towards laws and the institutions that implement them. Since it indicates the degree of knowledge of citizens about the norms in force, it is a fundamental element in determining the stability of the social system.
According to Godson[1], “a culture of legality implies that the dominant culture or way of thinking in society sympathizes with the rule of law.” It is a mechanism of individual self-regulation and social regulation that requires citizens to achieve a certain harmony between respect for the law, moral convictions and cultural traditions and conventions. [Citation needed] Another way to define it is the shared belief that each person has an “individual responsibility” to help build and maintain a society based on the rule of law. [Citation needed] The culture of legality is the common conviction that each person has an individual responsibility to contribute to the construction and maintenance of a society based on the rule of law.