Local (corporate) normative legal act as an object of law theory: modification of the concept and terminological discussions

The article deals with the concept of “local normative act” in its Soviet and modern interpretations. It is proved that the old scientific approaches cannot be applied to the description of the modern legal system. From the viewpoint of terminology, the terms “local” and “corporate” are considered to be equivalent for the description of this group of normative legal acts. As for the sector of affiliation, the author concludes that these acts must be studied by the general theory of law, because they are connected with several branches of law: civil, administrative, labor and corporate.