TFL Vsebine / Revija Poslovodno računovodstvo

Author presents in this article basic definitions of law and a general legal order. Author defines legal order as whole of the hierarchically regulated principles of law, rules, and general legal acts which apply in a certain country, which are published, and enter into effect from a certain date following adoption. He uses the term legal order as a synonym for the term legal system. A legal order entails the applicable law at a certain time, defined in advance, in effect in a certain territory of a certain country, i.e. Slovenia. Legal order is a basic framework for all operations of all state and private institutions and all other legal subjects. In the second part of article author explains basic principles of law and of Slovenian law. He analyses different legal acts, which are adopted by different EU and state organs (i.e. regulations, directives, national laws, governmental decrees, ministerial rules etc.). Author concludes article with an idea, that law can also be understood instrumentally as an instrument or a tool. Legal order is from this point of view a tool prescribed in advance that is suitable for preventing and resolving conflicts between subjects in society.