International Integration: Methodological Problems of Research

Abstract

The author investigates certain methodological problems of studying international integration. Complication of social relations and appearance of new integrated legislation branches testify to the necessity of using an interdisciplinary approach in the legal science. Such approach suggests taking into account the knowledge of various sciences in order to get an idea of the object under study and can be applied for studying international integration as a general scientific category. But modern legal studies should be based on an intersectoral method as well. Due to the development and deepening of integration processes a need arises in new methodological methods which allow investigating sets of norms, that promote the integration process (integration law). While studying international integration it is necessary to take into account the increasing convergence of private and public law, which means that as such it is necessary to use both private-law and public-law methodology.