2022-10-06

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Normative Legal Acts

The Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan issued this Constitutional Law to establish comprehensive rules for drafting, adopting, publishing, and classifying normative legal acts across state bodies. It defines key terminology, establishes a clear hierarchy and legal force among laws, decrees, cabinet decisions, and acts of statutory nature, and provides specific methods for resolving legal collisions. The legislation further mandates transparency in norm-making, outlines procedures for detecting and applying law and legal analogy to fill legislative gaps, and ensures the continuity of legal succession when state bodies are restructured or renamed.

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