Legal regime in the system of general legal categories

The concept and nature of legal regimes are analyzed. A review of positions on the criteria of differentiation of legal regimes with general legal categories - legal order, legal status, legal status, is suggested. It is shown that the methodologically successful category "legal regime" receives different meanings and contexts depending on the cut of research - theoretical and legal, theoretical and state, sectoral. It is proposed to consider legal regimes as a special order of legal regulation with the use of specific means having a special focus, the choice of which depends on the will and purpose of the legislator. It is emphasized that such a definition of the specifics of the legal regime is true for the general legal (theoretical and legal) understanding of this category and does not explain the features of the theoretical state or sectoral regimes.