Editing Legislation (section)

=== Public participation in legislation ===
All modern constitutions and fundamental laws contain and declare the concept and principle of popular sovereignty, which essentially means that the people are the ultimate source of public power or government authority. The concept of popular sovereignty holds simply that in a society organized for political action, the will of the people as a whole is the only right standard of political action. It can be regarded as an important element in the system of checks and balances and representative democracy. Therefore, the people are implicitly entitled even to directly participate in the process of law-making. This role of linking citizens and their government and legislators is closely related to the concept of legitimacy. The exercise of democratic control over the legislative system and the policy-making process can occur even when the public has only an elementary understanding of the national legislative institution and its membership. Civic education is a vital strategy for strengthening public participation and confidence in the legislative process.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vértesy|first=László|date=2017-01-10|title=The Public Participation in the Drafting of Legislation in Hungary|url=http://cepar.fu.uni-lj.si/index.php/CEPAR/article/view/333|journal=Central European Public Administration Review|volume=14|issue=4|doi=10.17573/ipar.2016.4.06|issn=2591-2259|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>