The concept and essential features of normative legal acts: problems of theory and law enforcement

Relevance. The need for this study predetermined the presence of a number of negative factors that do not contribute to the development of jurisprudence in the direction of a uniform approach to the concept and types of regulatory legal acts. Such factors are: the lack of normative consolidation of the species difference between the NPA and their ratio among themselves; continuing discussion about the forms of law equal or higher in terms of legal force (according to some authors) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation; Numerous judicial practices in disputes about the priority of the use of various types of NPA. This article is the first part of the planned study in this area.

The purpose gives a doctrinal characteristic the concepts of “types” and “forms” of NPA, argue the difference between the concepts of “legal force” and “level of legal force” and argue the hierarchy of the laws of the Russian Federation.

Objectives: give a comparative characteristic of the types and forms of the NPA; develop definitions of scientific concepts “legal force” and “level of legal force” of the NPA; argue the existing hierarchy of the laws of the Russian Federation.

Methodology. When writing the article, formal-logical, systematic, historical, historical-right methods, as well as methods of synthesis and analysis of expert assessments were used.

Results. During the study, the differences between the types and forms of the NPA were revealed; Definitions of the scientific concepts of “legal force” and “level of legal force” of the NPA were developed; The hierarchy of the laws of the Russian Federation, as well as the insufficient argumentation of scientific positions on equality in terms of legal force of the Russian Constitution of various legal acts, was argued.

Conclusion. To increase the effectiveness of legal regulation of social relations and law enforcement practice, it is advisable to consolidate such concepts as: “types”, “forms” of the NPA; their "level of legal force"; the ratio of the level of legal force of federal laws and federal constitutional laws; The procedure for amendments and changes in Ch. 1.2 and 9 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which the authors proposed in this article.

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