Conceptual regulatory defects
The article deals with the General understanding of the norms-definitions and their importance in the legal regulation. Because the definitive requirements constitute a significant part of the conceptual apparatus of all branches of law, the author defines the impact of conceptual defects on the legal system and legal regulation. The author substantiates the allocation of conceptual defects along with formal-logical and linguistic shortcomings primarily by the fact that since the concept is a form of logical thinking, and the doctrine of the concept is part of the science of formal logic, and no concept exists without a verbal, linguistic form of its expression. However, because the external form of legislation is a complex terminological system consisting of definitions and terms, normative concepts occupy a special place in legal and technical knowledge. Based on the analysis of the industry legislation the author identifies two types of conceptual defects, namely the inaccuracy of the content of the concept as a legal and technical defect and non-uniformity of language forms of expression of legal concepts. The characteristics of these species with examples of their presence in the current legislation.