Legitimität.

Legitimacy

Against the background of digitization, Utz Schliesky examines the changes in the concept of legitimacy. After introductory remarks and definitions, a brief outline of the development history of the concept of legitimacy follows, which allows interesting insights into the current narrowing of German constitutional law. This status quo of the prevailing German construction of legitimacy is then briefly presented in order to then point out a constitutional aspect that has so far been almost completely overlooked: the relationship of trust as the content of democratic legitimacy. The overview of the current challenges of digitization for the legitimacy category is followed by detailed solutions for legitimacy in a changed environment.