Effective legal protection and judicial control

The principle of a legal state also includes an obligation of the state to provide effective legal protection against the acts of public authority and in providing this protection a state may need the assistance of an independent judiciary. Therefore, the courts should have a possibility of reviewing an alleged violation of rights both in legal and factual meaning.³³² The principle of a legal state obliges the courts to provide thorough reasons for their decisions, as that enables rationality and a possibility to control state decisions.³³³ The obligation to provide reasons for courts’ decisions gives an opportunity to any injured party to effectively exercise his rights of appeal.³³⁴ An obligation of providing reasons serves the purpose of democratic legitimacy, particularly in regards to admissibility and transparency of state decisions.³³⁵