Обществена динамика и законотворчество
Social dinamics and legal regulation

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the possibilities of legal sociology in the process of facilitation and improvement of the legislative process. In particular, it is attempted to base and argument the interaction between law and public opinion as a social institute in the contemporary social dynamics context. There are four basic areas of such interaction under consideration, each of which may contribute for the improvement of the current legislation. It is argued that it is the obligation of the legislator to be aware of public opinion, but that there is no obligation for the legislator to be driven in its legislative activity directly or closely by public appreciation or reasoning. It is concluded that in democratic societies the interaction between law and public opinion is in fact an iterative process since public opinion changes – sooner or later – bring about the respective legislative modifications and vice versa – legislative modifications bring about the formation of new public arrangements, moods and expectations.

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