Abstract
The article is devoted to the question of where the international law legitimacy comes from. The author analyzes the consensual sovereign volition of international law subjects (states, nations, international organizations) as the main source of its legitimacy. The specificity of legitimacy depending on the type of international law norms is indicated. Types of international law legitimacy in the context of its sources are distinguished. Positions on the question of criteria of the legitimacy are given. The author points out the interrelationship between legitimacy of international and national law. It is concluded that legitimacy is an essential feature of international law, since the source of international law legitimacy is the same as the source of the creation and mandatory of its norms, namely, the consensual sovereign volition of the participants of international relations.
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