The Interdependence Between The Domestic Legal Order And The International Legal Order

Abstract

In general, the word “order” means a regular succession^[1] which has a spatial, temporal, logical, moral or aesthetic character. “Legal order is a harmonic unity of legal norms, as applied effectively in the life of a community”^[2].Legal norms are rules of behaviour established by the state and imposed to the society, if necessary, by the coercive force of that state. The imperative character of legal norms is essential because it ensures the order in the society and, at the same time, the stability of social relations. The assembly of norms and principles in law which are applied inside a given state forms the domestic legal order and is closely related to the international legal order. The latter is made up of the assembly of norms and principles which govern the relationships between states, which are named international relations and are based on the consent of the states, which are sovereign and, thus, they are entitled to rights and assume obligations in their relationship. There is no unique will created as a consequence of the consent of the states, no fusion of the different wills of the states, but states keep their own sovereign will, and, by means of an agreement, they achieve a reciprocal conditionality and exercise their will in the same direction, which is sanctioned by the stated legal norms. The consent of the states is determined, in its context, by the concrete socio-political conditions, which exist at an internal level, a fact which eliminates the possibility of a merger of wills in a general will in the process of formation of the norms in international law.