Introduction to law
Business Law #2
Zhanat Alimanov, School of Law
Home assignment 1
1.
2.

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
a.
b.
c.
d.
Law – Право
Statute - Закон
Normative – нормативный (обязательный)
Government - государство
Plan
I.
What is Law? And
Business Law?
II.
Legal Acts
III.
Hierarchy of Legal
Acts
IV.
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

(1)
(2)
(3)
Statute is




Rules of behavior
Sanctioned and enforced by government
To be complied with (должны подчиняться) by all people in
the country
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?
1.
Are they rules of
behavior?
2.
Are they sanctioned
and enforced by
government?
3.
Are they to be
complied with by all
people in the country?
I. What is Law?
1.
Are they rules of
behavior? Rights &
obligations => Yes
2.
Are they sanctioned and
enforced by government?
We do not know. How
can we find out?
3.
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)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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)
A.
B.
C.
Presidential Decrees
Acts of Cabinet of
Ministers
Other acts of the
executive branch of KZ
government
*Art. 4, Statute on Normative acts
IV. Focus of the Course
Theory of State &
Law
Civil Law
1.
2.
1.
2.
Contracts
Legal & Physical
Entities
3.
Labor Law
4.
Tax Law