This essay argues that the culture of legality helps shape citizens who are able to know their rights and exercise them in accordance with knowledge, appreciation and compliance with the law; analyzes the culture of legality in Mexico, successful experiences in other countries and proposes proposals for a strategy in which the various social, economic and state actors must participate. 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 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. Among the specific actions we find the acceptance of monuments by schools; restoration and restoration of public space; Reception, response and publication of letters in the city newspapers by the mayor; Rehabilitation of areas for the organization of cultural activities, among others. Well, if our culture is directed or in decline, it is because it does not address a culture that focuses on the practical discussion of the solution, but it is assumed that the other actors (institutions, state) must think and solve the current problem. It is not appropriate to leave the responsibility to the previous ones, because the responsibility is limited to the management of a few, what favors this attitude is that in some cases the same actors are those who, in a certain way, in their power and temperament, have the path that is followed for a majority. If we are experiencing a social, institutional and cultural crisis, it is due to a relevant inequality between these three factors. Change must begin, accompanied by engaged citizen participation that involves different layers of the population. If these changes are not taken into account, the pilot will simply be changed, but the ship will continue to sail to the same destination. It is about addressing the changes that occur in social and political identities in the crisis process, changes in forms of participation, inclusion/exclusion, in forms of appointment, blurring or re-emergence of ethnic or national identifications. On the other hand, it is a question of taking into account the cultural policy of the States and the various social actors acting in the crisis and in the crisis. Above all, to take care of the use of a culture of peace or a culture of development, in which the claim to symbolically regulate what the economy or institutions do not do is announced (Grimson, 2010a, p.
10). These identities in crisis are rooted in culture, in the awareness of who we are, they are produced by experiences in a particular social context that give us a formal education and are the result of various common historical experiences that are different from others. It lies in the identity in which we differentiate ourselves from other individuals of other cultures and rather recognize in our own, because we share values and goals, in short, “it is a process of dynamic and referential syncretism” (Del Val, p. 327). Our culture, synonymous with process and change A culture of legality means that the dominant culture, ethics and thought in a society sympathize with respect for the law. At present, this definition is not surprising, as its consensus has made it possible to better implement the relationship with other areas, so that their comparative results have a wider scope than those previously recorded. For example, to understand the Mexican political system, at one point the inclusion of “contextual factors” (in some cultural respects) was used. The comparison was made with the countries with which language, religion, customs, etc. are to be compared. The results did not lead to satisfactory responses. Despite some common characteristics, the political systems analyzed differed greatly from those of Mexico.
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. In my opinion, the answer is not to legislate in this regard, but to create an awareness of the respect and appreciation of those who already exist, to understand them and to create a culture in which the individual does not only care about his well-being or that of his loved ones, but in which he is convinced that he must respect the rules that have been established in order to sensitize those who do not. and thus set an example for future generations. On the other hand, legality has a Latin etymology legalitas-tis, which contains the same meaning, but derives from legalis, legal and this in turn from lex, legis, which means law. Legality is a legal term used to permeate a legal system with different practices and which leads to a principle of legality as a guarantee of authority over all human beings: “on the basis of which a particular act cannot be interpreted as punishable unless it is expressly provided for as such by an already existing norm” (Martínez, 2008, p. 12). It is important to mention that legality has a dual political-legal dimension and acts in accordance with a number of pre-established norms and laws, so that it is an amalgam between legitimacy and legality. By putting into practice the transformation of a transformative culture, we can achieve a process that simultaneously produces, develops and develops ethical citizens who will influence political and social change through their participation. 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 culture of legality is] . the attribute of the company, which is characterized by compliance with the applicable legal provisions” (Villagran, 2012, p. 90). The author points out that the same definition was used to describe the culture of legality in the “Law of the Culture of Legality for the State of Chihuahua” of 30 April 2011, in which the word respect was added, which was determined as follows: “Attribute of society characterized by respect and respect for existing legal provisions” (Villagrán, 2012, p. 90). This definition deserves several criticisms in connection with the purely authoritarian character of a hierarchical nature, which clearly lacks elements of a cultural nature that would distinguish it from a concept of taxation and which is therefore limited to the field of positive law. In 2000, elections to the Bundestag again reached a turnout of 63.97 per cent with a total of 37,601,618 votes cast. These data are important because they support the first government to come from a different political party than the one that governed for more than seventy years. A year later, despite the fervor of the elections, the Ministry of the Interior conducted for the first time the National Survey on Political Culture and Civic Practices, 20, to find out the degree of political socialization in terms of level of information and knowledge of political culture. Among the rich results of the survey, it is striking that five out of ten respondents believe they do not live in a democracy.
This contrasts not only with last year`s vote, but also with the 15,989,636 votes received by the political party that was the winner. In other words, 42.52% of the vote in 2000 did not support confidence in democracy. Culture is a set of symbols, norms, beliefs, ideals, customs, myths and rituals that are passed down from generation to generation, giving identity to members of a community and guiding, guiding and giving meaning to their various social tasks. We can see the birth of a culture of legality and politics until sedentary civilizations begin to form and that base their rules of coexistence on religious dogmas, since until then man begins to understand that the rules must be followed to coexist in harmony, although their basis is not questionable because they come from a divine mission. According to these principles, history will be shaped by the first civilizations on absolutism and all forms of political organization in which there is no citizen participation, since the rules will be observed in this context, mainly due to the fear of sanctions by the ruler or a metaphysical entity.