This research line focuses on the functioning of the institutions of the Rule-based Democracy responsible for the production, interpretation, and application of Law, as intended in the constitutional and public international spheres. The study of the Judiciary and the judicial process, public policies, fundamental rights, international institutions, as well as the risk society, seeks to favor the understanding of public legal mechanisms that enable or constrain the achievement of autonomy. This research line comprises the areas of Public Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, and Criminal Law.