Legal Compliance as a Basic Human Need in Achieving Order and Justice

Abstract

This study aims to interpret legal compliance as a manifestation of humans basic needs for order and justice through normative legal research, conceptual, and statutory approaches. Normative legal research was chosen because the study focuses on positive legal norms, principles of justice, and theoretical concepts of legal compliance, while the conceptual and statutory approaches are used to analyze philosophical ideas, psychological and sociological motivations, as well as legal regulations governing public Compliance. Data collection was conducted through a literature​ review of primary and secondary legal sources, analyzed using qualitative descriptive-interpretative methods. The results indicate that legal compliance is not merely an act of following rules but a reflection of humans ‘ need for security, order, and social certainty, which plays a role in creating order and ensuring justice. Voluntary and conscious legal compliance becomes the foundation for establishing a stable, harmonious, and just social order.