Introduction to Law in KZ

Terms & Translation
Law – Право
Statute - Закон
Offense - правонарушение
Tort – деликт
Felony – преступление
Misdemeanor - проступок
Normative – нормативный (обязательный)

Plan
What is Law? (Law vs. Statute)
Legal Acts
Hierarchy of Legal Acts
Scope of Study
Offense

I. What is Law?
What is Law?
Law vs.(против) Statute

I. What is Law?
Law (definition) – set of
compulsory norms of behavior
sanctioned and enforced by government
to be complied with by all people in the country
Statute – source of law, legal (i.e., binding/то есть, обязательный) act
Hierarchy of legal acts

II. Legal Acts
Legislative Act (законодательный акт)
vs. or versus (против)
Sub-legislative Act (подзаконный акт)
Why it is necessary to define acts and know the hierarchy?

II. Legal Acts
Example
Let’s assume that KZ president issued a decree authorizing (уполномачивающий) the police to make arbitrary (произвольные) arrests of people in KZ without court or prosecutor sanctions.
Let’s assume that it contradicts (противоречит) KZ Criminal Procedure Code?
What act prevails? Code or Presidential Decree?
What act is legislative? What act is sub-legislative?

III. Hierarchy of legal acts
Legislative acts (законодательные акты)
Constitution
Constitutional Statute
Code
Statute
Presidential Decrees having the force of Statute

III. Hierarchy of legal acts
Sub-Legislative Acts (подзаконные акты)
Presidential Decrees
Acts of Parliament
Acts of Cabinet of Ministers
Other government acts

IV. Scope of Study
Theory of State & Law
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Constitutional Law
Labor Law

V. Offense
Offense (правонарушение) vs.
Felony (преступление) vs.
Misdemeanor (проступок) vs.
Tort (деликт)

V. Offense
What are the differences?