Systematization of legislation. Accounting

The systematization of normative acts is an activity that is aimed at improving and bringing existing legal provisions into an internally coherent, orderly and unified system. In modern states, law-making bodies adopt various types of normative documents: laws, regulations, etc. In this connection, there is a constant and continuous movement of law-making. Dynamic development of social ties, the formation of new needs of society require structured legal regulation.

The constant change of the system, improvement and development, the introduction of changes into existing regulations, the adoption of new ones, the abolition of outdated provisions require enlargement and bringing in a certain justified structure.

The systematization of legislation, first of all, is necessary for its development. Carrying out the processing and analysis of existing legal provisions, grouping them in accordance with a certain scheme, forming an internally unified structure - all these are the necessary conditions ensuring the effectiveness of lawmaking, eliminating contradictions and gaps in the existing legal order.

The systematization of the legislation promotes an acceptable realization of the law, providing the opportunity not only to promptly find, but also correctly interpret the necessary provisions.

These activities include accounting, incorporation, codification and consolidation.

Accounting involves the collection by enterprises, state bodies, institutions, firms and other organizations of existing legal acts, their processing and further location in accordance with a certain scheme, their storage, issuing certificates at the request of interested bodies, individuals, institutions and others. The specified organizations carry out the account both for supply of legal data (including on a commercial basis) of individuals and other institutions, and for satisfaction of own needs.

In accordance with the functions of bodies and institutions, accounting systematization of legislation may include various legal provisions and documents. These include, in particular, the normative decrees of the government and the president, decrees, international treaties, explanations of the highest court, and others.

The systematization of legislation by fixing requisites of legal documents in special journals is considered the simplest form of accounting. Fixation can be conducted on a system-object, alphabetical-objective or chronological basis.

In the latter case, we mean the registration of all normative acts in accordance with the date of their adoption.

Alphabetical-objective fixation provides for accounting in accordance with the headings, located in alphabetical order.

The optimal form of systematization is subject-matter. In this case, all the headings are divided according to the branches, sub-sectors, institutions.

A better accounting system is card accounting. In this case, different card systems are created, which are arranged in accordance with a specific structure. This form of systematization is used in the central bodies of the judiciary, legislative and executive authorities, in sufficiently large organizations and institutions that deal with a wide range of legal norms.

The cards record either the main requisites of the document (title, type, date of publication, place of official publication, etc.), or its full text. The latter is considered preferable. In accordance with the previously selected rubricator, the filings of the card index are compiled. The search for cards can be carried out either manually or in an automated way.