What Should Law Do with the War?
Journal: Philosophy of Law and General Theory of Law
Year: 2025

The article provides a philosophical and legal understanding of the war between Ukraine and the RF. The methodological basis of this study is the concept of the “Nomos of the Earth” by the famous German lawyer C. Schmitt. At the same time, “Nomos” is not taken in its traditional sense as a positive law that is opposed to “physis” as a natural law. By “Nomos of the Earth,” the German legal philosopher understands the event of measuring the earth, the essence of which is the phenomena of ordering