ABSTRACT
The researchers would have compared the records of cases in which either the plaintiffs or the defendants were Romas with those of a non-Roma control group, aiming to draw conclusions on the Roma cultural patterns. The term 'subject of research' is quite a good example of the artificial and inhuman character of scientific language alienated from life, reflecting the negative attitude of Hungarian society toward the Romas to a certain degree. The semiotic perspective is an inherent part of the empirical microsociological researches in order to understand the intention of the participants in the social interactions. The two researches presented shed a light on how the Hungarian law which formally, that is, on its semantic level, meets the standards of the Rule of Law becomes a means of rejection and stigmatisation in the social practice contributing to the segregation of Gypsy minority.
