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Governments function most effectively when citizens comply voluntarily with laws and cooperate with public institutions. When people perceive government as legitimate—fair, transparent, accountable, and procedurally just—they are more likely to obey laws, report crimes, and participate constructively in civic life. This paper defines the Force Spiral (the cycle of distrust and force when legitimacy declines) and proposes structural legitimacy mechanisms designed to interrupt it.
Democratic authority is delegated conditionally. This paper proposes a constitutional framework for structural legitimacy enforcement and authority reversion, treating legitimacy as a measurable condition of governance. Legitimacy is evaluated within four bounded domains: epistemic integrity, jurisdictional integrity, procedural integrity, and foundational consent integrity. Verified breaches activate graduated legitimacy states that proportionally contract discretionary authority while preserving institutional continuity.