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The juridical and moral relationship has constituted the elementary structures for the construction and production of norms guaranteeing human dignity. Based on the above premise, we proceeded to analyze the link between power, morality and law proposed by Peces-Barba (1997) by delimiting problems in the political and legal spheres from a vision of inclusive positivism for the guarantee of human dignity. Law, power and morality express a triadic relationship in which power must be subordinated to what is manifested in the normative production as an expression of morality taking into account social needs. The legitimate use of law must respect the minimum conditions of law. It is the responsibility of the control bodies to monitor and punish any act of abuse that goes against the values of freedom, equality, solidarity and security as set forth by Peces-Barba. The maximum purpose of the relationship expressed above is the guarantee of human dignity, therefore the moral values and mechanisms of vigilance of the social control agencies must be indispensable in democratic societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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