Q. What if, the large population stop believing
that it’s a democracy?
Laws, ultimately have their basis in the 'rule
of recognition' in jurisprudence propounded by Prof. Hart.
Recognition
by the people, who are to be governed by those laws is necessary for the
prevalence of any law. If a large number of the population stop recognizing
a law as a governing law, it loses its force. Only dictators can rule on the basis of unrecognized laws.
Democracy is not a stone pillar standing
somewhere in the capital town to be demolished by the bulldozers. It can easily
vanish once the population stop believing that it is a democracy!
Like wise if you instill the idea in a large
section of people that its not a secular country, laws can easily be changed to
that effect.
Courts
of law too, do not get their authority from any governments but from the belief
of a litigant that justice shall be served.
Layman and Lawmen both loses faith in law courts when they stop recognizing its authority.
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