Rights in Civil Society - Section Two
Part Two
The Organs Of Civil Society And
The Social Functions Determining Them
Chapter 1
The organs of civil society pertain to the science of Right in so far as their existence depends on jural titles
2393. The description of the organs of civil society pertains to Right to the extent that every organ must be constituted in a just mode, and that individuals representing organs and exercising their relative functions be chosen in just modes. Ideal Right, the theory of Right, determines both the jural modes through which different organs develop to give life and action in civil societies, and the modes through which officials are nominated; real Right, the application of right, determines the positive titles through which a given real person represents a given organ, that is, exercises a social function (ER, 54-89).
2394. An organ of society exists with a just title when it originates from
the very nature of society or is constituted by a competent authority.
These are the two general titles which give legitimacy to the existence of the
organs possessed by society.