Romanov I. Sublegislative acts: general theoretical characteristic.

Implementation of public authority in modern society is not possible without acts of the state bodies, local governments and their officials. These acts are an external manifestation of the exercise of the powers. Specific solutions of public authorities representatives in the resolving of certain social relations and achieving appropriate social and legal consequences are reflected in them. The author has given a general notion of sublegislative acts. In the paper the approaches to legal acts are summarized. The author has identified the main criteria by which sublegislative acts differ from other types of legal acts in the system of laws. Particular attention is paid to identifying of the relationship between the laws and sublegislative acts in states with democratic legal regime. It is considered in the work that the problem of making regulatory acts by secondary legitimation authorities. It is proved that the presence of sublegislative legal regulation in the national legal system due to its ability to respond more quickly to the needs of social practice.