From Structures to Communities

Abstract

This study aims to delineate the way that leads from the structure that is broken down to elements according to the structuralist approach, to working communities. It is another purpose to point out that certain systems or subsystems by themselves are not the representations of the entire society. It is particularly important to investigate the process of norm formation, by which it becomes clear that rules – including provisions of law – are established in the course of a much broader cooperation than it has been prescribed or modelled by constitutions or any law on legislation. The question arises: how can we apply these recent findings in the process of integrating smaller communities?