Russian Journal of Legal Studies (Moscow)Russian Journal of Legal Studies (Moscow)2410-75222410-4965Eco-Vector2125410.17816/RJLS21254Research ArticleMetaphysics of international law (From a review to an alternative)KarakulyanEmil<p>Candidate of Sciences (Jurisprudence), Associate Professor, Department of European and International Law</p>isoforma@yahoo.frhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-6601Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod311220196416260103202023032020Copyright © 2020, Eco-Vector2020<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> The problems of theology or metaphysics of international law are widely represented in the literature. The study of basic concepts in this regard can serve as a basis for the development of an alternative theory of international law.</p>
<p><strong>Methods:</strong> historicism, system, analysis and comparative law.</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> the main directions of Western international legal thought are a form of political religion.</p>
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