The Russian Legal System in the Focus of Attention of the Council of Europe: Collision or Movement to Harmonization

The authors attempt to review current legal phenomena relying on the classic legal definition of the "legal system", based on the latest achievements in the theory of the state and law, the theory of international and constitutional law and the categorical scientific apparatus that was developed in these spheres of knowledge. mong numerous and diverse legal systems that can be distinguished in the world today, the authors draw main attention to legal systems of two types, namely, national and supranational legal systems. Applying theoretical and legal foundations, the authors make a typology of legal systems, provide their main characteristics and define their structure and functions. When making the typology of legal systems the critical importance is given to peculiarities of legal systems interaction with the external environment, i.e. in the context of interaction with another legal systems. The authors note potential positive and negative consequences of dissipative (public) legal systems that constantly exchange their elements with the external environment. Legal system protection becomes one of its important functions. The correlation of legal systems of two types is exemplified by the correlation of the law of the Russian Federation and the law of the Council of Europe. Along with numerous positive developments that have taken place during twenty-year experience of joint productive work of the Russian Federation within the framework the Council of Europe the Article defines a number of sensitive issues of co-existence of these two legal rules of law. Besides, the authors analyze more general disputable issues of correlation of international and national law, state sovereignty, legal systems autonomy, etc.

«правовая экспансия», Harmonization of law, state sovereignty, international law, national law, law, law family, legal system, legal environment, "legal expansion", rule of law, Russian Federation, Council of Europe

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