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Potapenko E. G. Unification of Law: Concept, Forms and Methods (In the Context of the Research of Unification of Civil Procedural Law). Journal Izvestiya of Saratov University. Economics. Management. Law, 2017, vol. 17, iss. 3, pp. 344-351. DOI: 10.18500/1994-2540-2017-17-3-344-351

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Law
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340.137.2
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10.18500/1994-2540-2017-17-3-344-351

Unification of Law: Concept, Forms and Methods (In the Context of the Research of Unification of Civil Procedural Law)

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Potapenko Evgeny Georgievich, Saratov State University
Abstract: 

Introduction. Unification of law is a necessary and natural activity of its development. It provides law with the property of consistency and wholeness, simplifies the application of legal norms in resolving of real life situations. At the present moment legal science lacks a common understanding of the process of unification of law and a deep investigation of its forms, methods and techniques. Research. Unification is on one of the law development trends that represents a change of its content. The essence of unification is to resolve similar social relations by unified rules. The goal of unification is to create a unified (common) norm of law. However, the unification process is not homogeneous. Depending on the level, it is possible to find internal and external (international) unification. These varieties are specific in their methods of implementation. Results. The study of the unification of law allows to find certain characteristics of this process. The direct object of unification is a legal norm as an elementary part of the system of law. Unification is implemented in the form of law-making, law interpretation and law enforcement. International unification is carried out by methods of reception and implementation. Internal unification is realized through codification.

Key words: 
unification of law
systematization of law
reception of law
implementation of law
codification
development of law
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20.06.2017
Accepted: 
25.07.2017