Chuval'skaya I.P. Institution of responsibility before the law of the European Union as a category of modern international law

Abstract: This work expounds the nature of the institution of responsibility before the law of the European Union as a category of modern international law. The object of this research is the legal basis of establishing the institutions of responsibility of the states in the modern international law of the EU, as well as the questions of their functionality. The subject of this research is the key positions of the doctrine of international law pertaining to state responsibility, founding treaties of international organizations of UN and EU; additional normative acts that regulate specific issues of state responsibility within the EU; international treaties that bind the positions on responsibility within international law; international traditions that regulate cooperation of the EU member-states inside the organization, as well as outside of it; legal practice that has formed in the sphere of ensuring the adherence to the economic obligations. In the course of the research the author determines that the institutions of responsibility by the law of the EU form an intrinsic part of the universal system of international responsibility of states in the general parameters of the global community. The author’s contribution into the research of this topic is the detailed description of the mechanisms of enforcing the responsibility of the member-states, making a special accent on the role of the institution of responsibility of the states before the law of the European Union.

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