The relationship between constitutional jurisdiction and democracy

Constitutional jurisdiction is a concept that emerged for the strengthening, protection and functionality of human rights. Through the constitutional jurisdiction, it is possible to make the rulers, which are democratically elected, stay in the borders of democracy. So that, as a requirement of democracy, the individual can be protected against the power. In time, even the democratic rulers may turn into a threat to democracy. Indeed, during the Second World War, history has clearly demonstrated this fact to all mankind. It is an often asking question that: Is it an intrusion to the democracy to auditing the elected ones by designated ones? Here is a summary statement of this problem, is expressed as the legitimacy of the constitutional jurisdiction. In this study, fi rstly constitutional jurisdiction and democracy concepts were referred. Following that, the relation between these two concepts and the problem of legitimacy of the constitutional jurisdiction were examined.