Introduction to law Business Law

Home assignment 1
Statute on Normative Acts
(Закон РК «О Нормативных Правовых Актах»)
Statute on Budget (Закон «О республиканском бюджете на 2012-2014 годы»)
Please see these Statutes on the L-Drive, folder “2. Acts”

Terms & Translation
Law – Право
Statute - Закон
Normative – нормативный (обязательный)
Government - государство

Plan
What is Law? And Business Law?
Legal Acts
Hierarchy of Legal Acts
Focus of the Course

I. What is Law?
What is Law?
What is Business Law?
Law vs. Statute (Право против Закона)

I. What is Law?
Is it:
Law?
Statute?
Or smth else?

I. What is Law?
Law (definition) – set of
Rules of behavior
Sanctioned and enforced by government
To be complied with (должны подчиняться) by all people in the country
Statute is
Source of law
Legal act
Hierarchy of legal acts

I. What is Law?
What is Law (право)?
consists of legal acts
What is Statute (закон)?
one of the legal acts

I. What is Law?
Are they rules of behavior?
Are they sanctioned and enforced by government?
Are they to be complied with by all people in the country?

I. What is Law?
Are they rules of behavior? Rights & obligations => Yes
Are they sanctioned and enforced by government? We do not know. How can we find out?
Are they to be complied with by all people in the country? We do not know. How can we find out?

I. What is Law?
How can we find out?
We need to look at the sources of Law?
Are there a statute? Or Code? Or?
What other sources of
Law are you aware of?

I. What is Law?
How can we find out?
We need to look at the sources of Law?
Are there a statute? Or Code? Or?
What other sources of
Law are you aware of?
Art. 3, Statute on Normative acts

I. What is Law?
Is this Law?

I. What is Law?
Is this Law?

II. Legal Acts
Legislative Act
(законодательный акт)
vs.
(против)
Sub-legislative Act
(подзаконный акт)

III. Hierarchy of legal acts

II. Legal Acts
Could you give me
examples of:
legislative or
sub-legislative acts?

II. Legal Acts
Why it is necessary to know the
hierarchy of legal acts?

Example
Let’s assume (предположим) that:
Decrees of the Ministers of Justice & Finance say that taxes should be paid before payments to creditors.
Civil Procedure Code says that payment to creditors should go before taxes.
What act prevails?

Example
Let’s assume (предположим) that:
Decrees of the Ministers of Justice & Finance say that taxes should be paid before payments to creditors.
Civil Procedure Code says that payment to creditors should go before taxes.
What act prevails?
Art. 4, 6, Statute on Normative acts

II. Legal Acts
What act it is:
Legislative?
Sub-legislative?

III. Hierarchy of legal acts
Legislative acts (законодательные акты)
Constitution
Constitutional Statute
Code
Statute
Presidential Decrees having the force of Statute
*Art. 4, Statute on Normative acts

III. Hierarchy of legal acts (art. 4, Statute on Normative Acts
Sub-Legislative Acts (подзаконные акты)
Presidential Decrees
Acts of Cabinet of Ministers
Other acts of the executive branch of KZ government
*Art. 4, Statute on Normative acts