Systematization of normative acts is an activity that is aimed at improving and bringing the existing legal provisions into an internally agreed, streamlined and unified system. In modern states, law-making bodies adopt different types of regulatory documents: laws, regulations, etc. In connection with this, there is a constant and continuous movement of law-making. The dynamic development of social ties, the formation of new needs of society require a structured legal regulation.
Constant change of the system, improvement and development, introduction of changes to existing provisions, adoption of new ones, cancellation of outdated provisions require consolidation and bringing them into a certain justified structure.
Systematization of legislation, first of all, is necessary for its development. The processing and analysis of existing legal provisions, grouping them in accordance with a certain scheme, the formation of an internally unified structure - all these are necessary conditions that ensure the effectiveness of lawmaking, eliminating contradictions and gaps in the existing law and order.
Systematization of legislation contributes to the acceptable implementation of the law, providing the opportunity not only to quickly 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, the issuance of certificates at the request of interested bodies, persons, institutions and others. These organizations carry out accounting both for the provision of legal data (including on a commercial basis) of individuals and other institutions, and for the satisfaction of their own needs.
In accordance with the functions of bodies and institutions, accounting systematization of legislation may include various legal provisions and documents. These, in particular, should include regulatory decrees of the government and the president, decrees, international treaties, clarifications of the higher court and others.
Systematization of legislation by fixing the details of legal documents in special journals is considered the simplest form of accounting. Fixation can be carried out according to the system-subject, alphabetic-subject or chronological principle.
In the latter case, we mean the registration of all normative acts in accordance with the date of their adoption.
Alphabetical subject fixation provides for accounting in accordance with the headings located alphabetically.
The optimal form of systematization is considered thematic and subject. In this case, all headings are divided in accordance with industries, sub-sectors, institutions.
A more advanced accounting system is card accounting. In this case, various card systems are created that are arranged in accordance with a specific structure. This form of systematization is used in the central organs of judicial, legislative and executive power, in rather large organizations and institutions dealing with a wide range of legal norms by occupation .
On the cards, either the main details of the document (title, type, date of publication, place of official publication, etc.) or its full text are recorded. The latter is considered more preferable. In accordance with the previously selected rubricator compiled file categories. The search for cards can be carried out either manually or in an automated way.