abstract: International Law appears to have lost both its possible civilizational foundations -the Greco-Roman/Christian doctrine of natural law and the contract theory, based on the "Humanist" confidence in the creative potential of individual will.In practice International Law -as it continues to exist -consists of either contractual arrangements among two or more States, or unilateral assertions of will by individual States, usually contested by other States.In this sense, International Law has become 
journal: Журнал ВШЭ по международному праву (HSE University Journal of International Law)