õigusmõiste
The Estonian legal term õigusmõiste refers to a legal concept or notion that has a specific meaning within the legal system. It denotes an abstract idea that is recognized by the law as a building block for legal reasoning, legal rules and the classification of legal phenomena. Unlike a concrete legal act, an õigusmõiste is a conceptual tool that clarifies the content of a legal category, the scope of a legal relationship or a legal claim.
In practice, õigusmõistused serve several functions. They provide the normative framework for identifying the elements that
The analysis of õigusmõistused is central to Estonian legal theory. Legal scholars examine the internal coherence