International law - the unification of the interests of states

The state, the international organization, the people, the state-like formations - all of them are united by one system, called "International law". The rapid development of the international economy, the ongoing conflicts for the redivision of spheres of influence, the defense of the interests of the individual in the most diverse aspects of existence required the creation of civilized regulation and legal justification for actions. That was realized in the formation of international law, which unites normative acts regulating the most important interstate relations.

If we talk about international law, then we can justly say that it began its serious development only at the end of the Second World War, when the victory of the Allies was only a matter of time. And it was expressed in the formation of a special sub-sector, called the "Law of International Treaties". However, some jurists are inclined to believe that the reference point should be taken in 1648 - the time of the conclusion of the Treaty of Westphalia. But this statement is rather controversial.

But not only international treaties have caused the "explosion" of the development of international law. Like most phenomena in the modern world, international law has not escaped the influence of economic factors. It is impossible to ignore not only the military industrial corporations, but also becoming transnational corporations. All this required states to develop special legal regulation, which was the international economic law.

Thus, international agreements and the economy became the basic factors in the development of international law.

It is worth noting that the law of international treaties had existed before. But already in 1969, the implementation of the provisions established in them is ensured not only by the Vienna Conventions, but also by specialized interstate organizations, the main one being the UN. In addition to responsibility for non-fulfillment or partial fulfillment of the obligations assumed by the states, international law has resolved, with the help of this sub-sector, another important issue, namely, gaps in regulation. According to the law of international treaties, those are resolved on the basis of international customs only until the states establish otherwise in the convention. It should be noted that all such cases are fixed, and the relevant international bodies undertake to eliminate them.

Other is international economic law. In fact, the foundations of this sub-sector were laid by the English economist JM Keynes, who determined the foundations of the current economic world order at the final conference of the Second World War, proposing the creation of the IMF and the MB.

To date, the main operators of this sub-sector are, besides the above, WTO, UNCTAD, ECOSOC and many other regional organizations. International law regulates the most diverse areas of economic life, activities, starting from general issues of ensuring the stability of national currencies and ending with the regulation of special relations (for example, questions about the redistribution of oil production).

It is worth noting that such a desire to regulate almost all aspects of the economies of countries is caused not only by its importance. For a long time there has been a debate about whether transnational companies should be included in special subjects of this sub-sector, whose influence sometimes proves to be stronger than the legal personality of some states.

Apparently, international law and its development are still heavily dependent on the development of the law of international treaties and economic law. Consequently, knowledge and skilful application of the foundations of these sub-sectors plays an important role in the interrelations of states.