The Russian Judicial Doctrine on the Application of the Principles and Rules of International Law

The paper continues the theoretical coverage of approaches to the extensive and intensively actualizing topic of judicial doctrine (Anufrieva LP. The Concept of «Judicial Doctrine» in Russian Jurisprudence (General Notes). Lex russica. 2021;12:96-100). The immediate subject of consideration in this study is the domestic judicial doctrine on the application of the principles and rules of international law (sometimes referred to as the judicial doctrine of international law). The Russian judicial doctrine on the application of basic principles and rules is studied from the perspective of identifying its essence against the background of the presence in the literature of a number of other phrases: «international legal doctrine», «judicial doctrine on international law», «international judicial doctrine» (interpreted as the doctrine of international law, which is created by international courts, arbitrations and other bodies for resolving interstate disputes disputes). In light of this, it is important to differentiate the «international» and «national» judicial doctrines on international law as distinct categories. In addition, it seems that when it comes to the appeal of judicial authorities to international law, it is advisable to refer to the judicial doctrine of an individual state as the national judicial doctrine on the application of the principles and rules of international law, although terminologically the proposed designation cannot be called established. However, no matter what verbal form the phenomenon in question takes, it must be assumed that the judicial doctrine on the application of the principles and rules of international law, firstly, needs to be defined; secondly, it has a relatively recent history and, thirdly, implicitly implies its entry as an integral part into the judicial doctrine of a particular state, which is generally viewed through the prism of its legal system.

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