UNITÀ NELLA MOLTEPLICITÀ: HERMANN HELLER TRA SOCIALDEMOCRAZIA E CONFLITTO

This contribution investigates Hermann Heller’s thought by examining the relationship between the unity of the legal order and social plurality, within the broader context of the contemporary crisis of representative democracy and the transformations of the constitutional state. By reconstructing Heller’s theory of the Social State of Law, the paper analyses the principle of «unity in multiplicity» as an attempt to reconcile legal integration, social conflict, and democratic legitimacy. The contribution shows that, for Heller, law is not a neutral or self-sufficient order, but is rooted in historical and social reality and serves an essentially political and integrative function. From this perspective, democracy is understood not merely as a formal procedure, but as a substantive process of conflict mediation and effective participation by social actors