INTERRELATION OF UKRAINIAN LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Abstract

The article is devoted to one of the most pressing issues of legal theory and practice within the legal system of
Ukraine, namely the interrelation between Ukrainian law and international law. Finding a coherent answer to
this question is extremely important both for scholars of the theory of state and law and for researchers studying
international law. The chosen topic is of particular relevance for ensuring the proper implementation of our state's
strategic course toward obtaining full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. The objective of this work is to engage representatives of domestic legal scholarship in a
discussion on revising the approach to substantiating the answer to the question of the interrelation between
Ukrainian law and international law, as well as to present arguments that Ukrainian law reflects the monist
theory of the supremacy of international law over domestic law. In order to achieve the stated research objective,
the following methods of scientific inquiry were used: the historical-legal method; the system-structural method;
the comparative-legal method; analysis; and synthesis. The study concludes that, at the present stage of Ukraine’s
development, the correlation between Ukrainian law and international law reflects the characteristics of the
monist doctrine of the primacy of international law over national law. The study highlights the necessity of
revising the approach to justifying views on the relationship between Ukrainian law and international law. To
this end, researchers are advised to carry out a comprehensive analysis not only of the Constitution of Ukraine,
but also of other national normative legal acts and binding international treaties. Furthermore, significant
attention should be devoted to other sources of national law and law-enforcement practice, particularly the case
law of Ukrainian courts. The findings presented in the article can be applied in scientific research, law enforcement
activities, and the educational process.

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