The Russian invasion of Ukraine: An anti-constitutional moment in international law?
Journal: Ruch Prawniczy Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny
Year: 2024

The Russian invasion of Ukraine was the first open and blatant aggression against a sovereign neighbour state in Europe since 1945. Does this war have systemic significance for the legal order as a whole? The contribution singles out legal trends that relate to three fundamental principles of the current international legal order: peace, people (humanity), and the planet. My thesis is that, although Russia has breached a fundamental, even constitutional, principle of international law, namely th