The current development of international scientific and technical cooperation is constrained by a whole range of economic and political factors. In such circumstances, regional ties between states are formed and strengthened, which, among other things, seek to consolidate efforts to develop international scientific and scientific and technical cooperation as one of the main factors in the sustainable development of the state and the foundation for the formation of a new and innovative type of economy. At the same time, the legal aspects of this sphere of cooperation tend to receive little attention. However, differences in national legal systems necessitate the development of uniform and understandable principles of legal regulation of international scientific and technical cooperation. In the study, using the method of comparative analysis, more than 20 international legal acts on the legal regulation of international scientific and scientific and technical cooperation, including documents of three major regional associations of states (The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), in terms of approaches to the consolidation of principles of legal regulation of scientific and scientific and technical cooperation at the supranational level, have been studied. As a result, the authors propose a system of principles of legal regulation of international scientific and scientific and technical cooperation, consisting of three key components: general principles of international law (lex generalis), branch principles of international scientific and scientific and technical cooperation (lex specialis), and intra-branch principles of international scientific and scientific and technical cooperation (lex internus). The allocation of these principles will improve the quality of legal regulation of scientific and scientific and technical cooperation at the supranational level and contribute to its further development.
Volume 12 | 07-Special Issue
Pages: 75-88
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202085