LEGAL DUALISM AND THE CONCEPT OF PRIVATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW

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S.V. TRETYAKOV

E.V. MASHKOVA

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DOI: 10.24031/1992-2043-2018-18-3-261-284

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The dualistic theory of the correlation between the national legal orders and international
law has been firmly established within the legal academia both in Russia and abroad.
Among other things, the dualistic orthodoxy has certain ramifications with regard to the
understanding of the private international law. The authors’ claim is that the influence
of the dualism is negative in this regard. In a sense the dualistic orthodoxy marginalizes
the private international law, both as a discourse and as a technique of regulation.

 

Keywords: legal dualism; legal pluralism; rule of conflict of laws; transnational
relationship.

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Information about authors

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Tretyakov S.V. (Moscow) – Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor
of the Department of Civil Law of the Faculty of Law of the Lomonosov Moscow
State University, Professor of the Department of Private International Law of
the Russian School of Private Law, Chief Researcher of the HSE Institute of Legal
Research (119991, GSP-1, Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1, Bldg. 13-14; e-mail: openstructure@
gmail.com).

Mashkova E.V. (Moscow) – Assistant of the Department of International Law
of the Faculty of Law of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (119991, GSP-1,
Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1, Bldg. 13-14; e-mail: maschkova@gmail.com).