Classification of legal norms: Features

Legal rules - rules establishing the rights, duties and responsibilities of civil relations.Classification of legal norms takes place on different grounds.Let's look at them in more detail.

On subjects of lawmaking

Concept and types of forms of law in the first place, may come from the state - the rules of representative, executive and judicial authorities.Secondly, civil society - the rules adopted by the inhabitants of a territorial entity or citizens of the entire state.

On social purpose and role in the legal system

In this aspect, the classification rule of law as follows:

  • foundation (principles) - regulating relations in society, the legal position of the individual influence of the state border;
  • regulatory (rules of conduct) - practical regulating relations between the subjects through the rights and obligations (authorizing requiring, prohibiting);
  • security guards (guards) - Reinforcement of coercion for breach of the legal aspects;
  • security (guarantee) - guaranteeing the rights and duties;
  • declarative (ads) - defining the legal regulation;
  • definitive (definition) - formulating designation of legal phenomena and category;
  • conflict (the arbitrators) - eliminating the differences between the legal regulations;
  • operational (tools) - The duration of the legal acts.

classification of legal norms on the subject of legal regulation

According to the principle regulations vary by industry law - constitutional, civil, criminal, labor.There is a classification of administrative law.Also, they are divided into the material (establishing rules of conduct) and procedural (establishing procedures for their implementation).

classification of legal norms by the method of legal regulation

This principle distinguishes between mandatory rules (rules of administrative law, bearing stern, imperious, categorical);discretionary (wearing autonomous character and implemented, as a rule, in civil relations);recommendation (options purposeful behavior of non-governmental organizations).Furthermore, in this direction rules can be classified into incentive, positive and punishing.

in scope

There are rules:

  • common action - affecting every member of society and active in all regions of the state;
  • limited action - the limited time available, the territorial, subjective, produced and published by the regional authorities of the Russian Federation;
  • local regulations - under certain operating state, public or private entities.

Other options classifications

addition to the above areas of the classification rule of law are also divided by time - in the temporary and permanent;on the number of persons - apply to everyone is covered by the rules under consideration or a specific certain union actors (teachers, soldiers, and so on. n.).