Public Opinion Control on Imposition of Environmental Tax

Abstract

Given the superiority of constitutional rules over other legal rules, it is necessary to have legal means that guarantee respect for the sublime legal rules by the public authorities in the state, especially the legislative authority - as it represents the public that elected it - to prevent their violation, or abuse in using its power. However, these legal guarantees are not sufficient to ensure the application of the rules, and jurists agree that public opinion control or public control is the best guarantee for defending constitutional principles because constitutional principles and rules derive their strength from individuals’ confidence in and abidance by those principles. Therefore, the presence of public control alongside judicial oversight over the principle of the constitutionality of laws is an extremely important issue for enforcing and respecting constitutional rules.