This article is an attempt to analyze and reveal both theoretical and practical issues regarding legal enactment as a specific way of regulating particular social relations. Legal normative act can be defined as a source of law created by the public authority bodies (parliament, government, president, local government bodies), source that contains general rules and requirements, the application of which is ensured, if needed, by the coercive force of the state. In this article have been analyzed issues, regarding classification of legal normative acts. In this sense, we have expressed our opinion on accepting the general classification of legal normative acts, widely recognized in juridical literature: laws and legal acts subordinated to laws.

Acest articol este o încercare de a analiza si dezvaluire a aspectelor teoretice si practice privind actul normativ ca un mod specific de reglementare a anumitor relatii sociale. Actul normative juridic poate fi definit ca o sursa de lege creat de catre organele autoritaților publice (parlament, guvern, presedinte, organisme guvernamentale locale), sursa care contine reguli si cerințe generale, a caror aplicare este asigurata, daca este necesar, prin forta de constrângere a statului. În acest articol au fost analizate aspecte, în ceea ce priveste clasificarea actelor normative legale. În acest sens, ne-am exprimat opinia noastra privind acceptarea clasificarii generale a actelor normative, larg recunoscute în literatura juridica: legi si acte normative subordonate legilor.