INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AS SOURCES OF CIVIL LAW OF UKRAINE

The article is devoted to the features and functional purpose of such sources of civil law of Ukraine as international treaties. Based on the analysis of the theory of civil law, scientific approaches to understanding of the concept and system of sources of civil law, the relationship between the concepts of “international legal act” and “international treaty” are studied. The scientific work considers the characteristics and features of international treaties as sources of civil law of Ukraine, their role in the regulation of civil relations and their place in the system of national law. It is concluded that the current transformational changes that take place in Ukrainian society are inextricably linked with European integration processes and the need to bring the components of the legal system of Ukraine in line with the principles, norms and standards of European law. Objective strengthening of the role of international treaties in the settlement of not only international but also domestic civil relations necessitates a thorough conceptual study of the legal nature of international treaties, their place in the system of regulations of Ukraine and the relationship with civil law, which in its turn is an extremely important and, at the same time, difficult task. In this regard, it is quite logical to intensify the scientific discourse concerning the place of international treaties in the system of national law in different states. At the same time, while not denying the certainly important role played by international treaties in the settlement of civil legal (private) relations, we emphasize that the key to the effective functioning of the mechanism of legal regulation of public relations in this area is the need to achieve balance at interpenetration and interplay of principles and norms of domestic and international law as interdependent systems.