The article discusses the purpose and main approaches to the classification of “legal re-gimes”, as well as the contexts and meanings of the legal use of the construction of the same name. The author conducted a comparative analysis of the different cases use of the “legal re-gime” category in the norms of various branches of law. The non-identity of the contexts in which it is used in legal acts is noted. It is concluded that there are prerequisites for importing the classi-fication of legal regimes, in which, according to the author, should distinguish the legal regimes of social situations, of objects, as well as of certain types of activity.