THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAW

The article is devoted not today, as the rule of law is a structural part of the whole system of law and its foundation. The article discusses the structure of the law, analyzes various points of view and opinions on specified legal category. Rule of law is regarded as a primary element of the mechanism of legal regulation, the analysis of viewpoints of authors such as A.F. Cherdantsev, A.F. Shebanov, S.S. Alekseev, R.Z. Livshits. In result of the conducted research the author comes to the conclusion that the disposition of the law are included, along with rights and duties, prohibitions, restrictions and freedom. Another conclusion was the fact that regulatory standards have a tripartite structure, in contrast to the enforcement of norms, consisting of two elements.