A good Constitution is not enough to make democracy work. Democracy depends on unwritten standards. Two are especially important. The first is the mutual tolerance, or acceptance of opponents' legitimacy. This means that, no matter how much we dislike our rivals in other parties, we recognize that they are loyal citizens, with a legitimate right to govern. In others words, we don't treat rivals as enemies.
The second norm is indulgence. Indulgence means giving up exercising a right cool. It is an act of self-control, an underutilization of power.
The theory of democracy, as a study of the values and institutions characteristic of these political systems, becomes an important element for the aforementioned legal discipline. Such themes directly concern crucial aspects of social order and the very definition of behaviors and ways of life considered valuable and that, therefore, one wishes to preserve or promote. These are questions of an ethical nature, which imply making or presupposing moral and political decisions about them
