Društvo promatramo kao cjelokupan odnos ljudi koji su međusobno povezani, a vodi ih želja za ostvarivanjem zajedničkih interesa koji su polazište za društvene pojave, a one čine jedinstvo društvenih procesa i odnosa, jer se društveni odnosi pretvaraju u pravne odnose reguliranjem putem pravnih normi. Društvenu normu promatramo kao zahtjev upućen određenom krugu adresata od kojih se zahtijeva određeni tip ponašanja. Preko pravnog odnosa odvijaju se društveni odnosi,a promatr se kao odnos koji je određen pravnim pravilom, preko kojega se određuje koji subjekti, kada, pod kojim uvjetima mogu stupati u pravni odnos, odnosno stječu saznanje o obujmu prava i dužnosti s kojim raspolažu za ostvarenje određenog odnosa. Potreba postojanja znanosti o izradi pravnih propisa postoji, jer raste broj društvenih odnosa koji se trebaju urediti, te zbog načela zakonitosti koji zahtijeva da svi društveni odnosi budu regulirani pravom. Zakon kao opći pravni akt zauzima u hijerarhiji pravnih akata posebno mjesto, jer je nakon ustava najviši pravni akt u državi, sadrži opće norme, a za njegovo donošenje nadležan je parlament.

Society is viewed as a totality of interconnected people relations, all guided by the desire to achieve common interests which represent a starting point for all social phenomena. These phenomena form a unity of social processes and relations, because social relations transform into legal relations when they are regulated through legal norms. A social norm is viewed as a request sent to a certain group of addressees that are expected to behave in a certain way. Therefore, social relations happen through legal relations. Legal relations are determined by legal rules that determine which subjects can enter a legal relation, when and under which conditions. That means they acquire knowledge about the volume of rights and duties they have in order to achieve a certain relation. The need for existance of a science about legal regulation exists because of the increased number of social relations to put in order and due to the principle of legality which requires all social relations to be regulated by law. Law is a general legal act that holds a special place in the hierarchy of legal acts. It is the second most important legal act after the constitution, consists of general norms and the parliament is in charge of making it.