On consolidation as a form of systematic arrangement of legislation

Abstract: The article is focused on the problem of describing the characteris-tics of such forms of the systematic arrangement of legislation as consolidation . The authors observe different points of jurisprudence concerning the problem of categorizing the types of systematic arrangement of laws and regulations, emphasizing the place of consolidation in these studies . The article presents not only the views of modern scholars, but also gives a brief review of pre-revo-lutionary Russian and Soviet literature on the issue . The authors also provide examples of using consolidation in the legal systems of civil law and common law countries .Keywords: consolidation, systematization of legislation, consolidation bills, codification, codes . I n legal theory there are typically three forms (methods) of the systematization of legislation 1 . These are incorporation, consoli-dation and codification . Some sources name record of regula-tions as a fourth form, and the creation of codes of law as a fifth . In this classification, the description of the types is made according to the level of complexity (depth) of the rule by which the material is handled .Consolidation is usually understood to be the systematization of legislation and omission of associated regulations that have been repealed, into a single enlarged document; it is carried out by an authorized law-making body . Acts are included in the structure of the consolidated Act as individual chapters, articles or items . Using this definition, some scholars believe that the relevant regulations are