Andriy S. Cooperation of Post-USSR Countries in the Sphere of International Law (based on the experience of the Commonwealth of Independent States (the CIS) countries)

The thesis represents one of the first Ukrainian special scientific researches related to cooperation of post-USSR countries in the sphere of international law on the basis of experience gained by the CIS countries. The paper provides a research on the legal nature of the Commonwealth of Independent States as a basic organizational and legal structure for multilateral cooperation between the post-USSR countries. The thesis contains characteristics of legal succession of states within the CIS in relation to participation of post-USSR countries at international universal intergovernmental organizations and related to multilateral agreements signed by former USSR.