AUTONOMY OF WILL AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE UNIVERSAL PRIVATE LEGAL PRINCIPLE OF DISPOSITION IN THE COLLISION SPHERE
In the article the issue of legal nature of autonomy of will is investigated that is one of the most discussed questions in the modern science of international private law. Based on the investigation carried out, the author comes to the conclusion that autonomy of will is a principle of international private law resulting from fundamental private law principle of disposition. It is substantiated that the principle of autonomy of will is of universal nature and is expressed in the structure of rules concerning conflict of laws in the context of «the law chosen by the parties of legal relations» (lex voluntatis).