Ufimtseva E.V. Principles of law as a criterion of separation of branches within the system of law: theoretical analysis

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the examination of a relevant for the modern jurisprudence issue of separation of branches within the system of Russian law. The work covers one of the commonly referred to within the modern scientific literature subsidiary criteria of branch-formation – the principles of law. The author gives characteristics to the nature of the principles of law, including from the perspective of presence of the subjective and objective beginnings; place of the principles of law in the system of law; their main functions and importance for organization of the normative material within the frameworks of the legal system. The author substantiates the possibility of implementation of the principles of law as the subsidiary criterion of branch-formation, as well as presents the corresponding examples. Moreover, the article illustrates the opinions of the Soviet and modern Russian theoreticians of law the principles of law, as well as their role in the process of organization of the normative material in the legal system. The scientific novelty consists in a special examination of the principles of law as the independent criterion of differentiation of the branches in the legal system. This article is intended for a broad audience of readers, as there is no similar research on this topic in the modern juridical science.

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