THE “SOURCE OF LAW” CATEGORY

Venelin Terziev¹, Marin Petkov², Dragomir Krastev^3
1Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural History,  Moscow, Russia, Prof.
D.Sc.(Ec.), D.Sc. (National Security), D.Sc.  (Social Activities), Ph.D., National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria; University of Rousse, Rousse, Bulgaria, terziev@skmat.com
²Assoc. Professor, Ph.D., National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, marin_5kov@abv.bg
³Assoc. Professor, Ph.D., National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, drago.krastev@gmail.com

Abstract

At the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, processes of globalization led to significant changes in law and its sources. New sources of law - constitutions and international treaties, have an increasingly important role in law. The relative weight of the right created at the supranational level is growing. International law integrates into national legal systems and takes precedence over national law.

At the same time, written law is "cloned" into the digital space, creating the ultimate accessibility from anywhere in the globe. It can be assumed that in the future the digitization of the sources of law will lead to a significant reduction of their national and cultural specificities and limitations.

Keywords: principles of law, judicial precedent, positive law, constitutions, treaties, statutes, usage, and customs.