Anatoly Ya. Kapustin

Analysis of trends of international legal regulation of integration in the world, made in the article, allows to offer a vision of new directions of scientific researches: the international law of integration. In this direction explores the basic features of Law of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) from the point of view of modern International Law, its legal nature, place and function in the regulation of Eurasian integration. Comparative legal analysis of conceptual models of integration law (European Union Law, including the latest doctrine of “integration through law” and theories of Law of Latin American integration) and the model of Law of the EAEU is conducted. An exhaustive international legal characteristics of the normative definitions and the conceptual framework of Law of the EAEU is given. The author proposes the classification of the conventional sources of Law of the Union, and reveals the relationship between them. The role of secondary sources of Law of the Union (acts of intergovernmental organs of the EAEU) was highlighted. The author is not limited to the list of sources listed in the EAEU Treaty but has expressed the forecast about the role of other international legal instruments and norms in the development of the concept of the Law of the EAEU. The author has concluded that the Union Law is of the international legal nature.