The Eurasian Union: The Legal Nature and Nature of Law
The paper deals with the international legal personality of the Eurasian Union and the formation of EEU Law. The EEU has been established by an international treaty. The analysis of the provisions of that treaty makes it obvious that the EEU powers and the law and order that it creates differentiates the Union, despite the fact that it is a union of sovereign states, from many known international intergovernmental organizations. The views expressed in the article concerning the type of the EEU organization reflect a complex structure of contemporary international relations governed by international law, an attempt to explain not quite familiar phenomena on the basis of familiar legal constructions. The activities within the Union's jurisdiction are based on principles that, for the purpose of the discussion, can be divided into three groups, which explains the international legal nature of the EEU and promotes integration while protecting the sovereignty of States. The question of transferring powers from the State to such an association is a matter of principle when an integration association is being created. The paper provides an analysis of the powers transfer based on the constitutions of the Union Member States and acts of constitutional control. Regional economic integration has evolved through the implementation of a coordinated, coherent and unified policy in economic sectors defined by the EEU Treaty and international treaties concluded within the framework of the Union. EEU Law that is formed by the EEU Treaty, international treaties concluded within the Union, international agreements made between the Union and a third party, decisions and orders of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Eurasian Economic Commissions requires an analysis of several important aspects: its interrelation with international law, the hierarchy of sources and the resolution of conflicts, the role of the EEU Court acts, the place of 'soft law' in the system of EEU Law.