GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFERENDUM IN CRIMEA
Journal: Russian Law Journal
Year: 2017

As well-known phrase of Hugo Grotius sounds “law is that which does not contradict fairness.” Obviously, one of the eternal questions is whether it is always true. The question of the correlation between existing positive law (“the black letter of the law”) and reality, as well as historical fairness, is of current interest for all legal systems. 

This question is especially important as regards international law. The latter is to be the primary instrument for the international community, whi