Глоссарий Юридической терминологии (русско-английский)

The understanding of the legal norm boils down to the following: the rule of law is a rule of conduct that is general and generally binding, is of great importance. The legal norm is considered an abstract order, as the highest rule of behavior for citizens and state bodies. Normative legal acts, as a rule, are constructed according to the following hierarchical scheme: constitutional (organic) laws – ordinary (current) laws – by-laws. The leading role in lawmaking belongs to the legislator, as a rule, to a representative body of state power; the prevailing legal doctrine is the doctrine of the rule of law.

Firstly, it means that the law has the highest legal force, and all other normative legal acts must be brought into line with the law, and in case of contradiction of the law, any act can be protested or canceled. Secondly, under the doctrine of the rule of law, the law enforcement officer is obliged to act strictly under the law, without creating new legal norms.

The sources of law in the Russian Federation are the Constitution, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, presidential decrees and orders, Government resolutions and orders, departmental acts of federal executive authorities, constitutions (charters) of subjects of the Russian Federation, laws of subjects of the Russian Federation, acts of executive authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation, acts of local self-government bodies; also, international treaties and agreements, if they have been duly ratified, are sources of law.

Russia's legal system is a combination of the national system of law and international legal obligations of the Russian Federation, the legal culture of Russian society, and legal practice in Russia. In the Russian legal system, it is traditionally possible to distinguish: constitutional (state) law, civil law, administrative law, criminal law, civil procedure law, criminal procedure law, agricultural law, land law, labor law, family law, financial law.

Глоссарий Юридической Терминологии

Glossary of the Legal Terminology

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