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Sources of International Law: New Tendencies in Soviet Thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

R. A. Mullerson
R. A. Mullerson*
Affiliation:
Department of International Law, Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
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As this discourse is devoted to the sources of international law in Soviet doctrine and the diplomatic practice of the USSR, I think that it is necessary to begin by characterizing my understanding of the contemporary Soviet doctrine of international law.

In Western countries, the Soviet doctrine of international law is often regarded as monolithic, without internal contradictions and discussions. It is not so, though I would agree that there are some grains of truth in those allegations. On certain questions we have had too much unanimity in our social sciences at large, and in the doctrine of international law in particular. One could feel this unanimity particularly in the domain of the most sensitive political and legal problems.

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Agora: New Thinking by Soviet Scholars
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 494 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1989

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58 Id.