Нормы-дефиниции в механизме публично-правового регулирования

The article outlines the essence and purpose of norms-definitions (legal definitions) as special legal and technical means that underlie industry regulation. The distinctive features of legal definitions are indicated (the function of clarifying the basic concepts in the industry, the focus on the uniform application of norms and rules of conduct); a mandatory property of definitions is the connection with constitutional norms (clarification of constitutional terms and provisions for the purpose of sectoral regulation), which is due to the supreme legal force of the Basic Law. The main rules for the inclusion of new norms-definitions in the text of a normative legal act are identified, which allow avoiding tautology and «superfluous» definitions that have no practical application and system-forming significance. From the point of view of a systematic analysis of the meaning of norms-definitions for public law regulation, the inclusion of the concept of «a unified system of public authority» in the Federal Law «On the State Council of the Russian Federation» is criticized.