On the legal nature of law of conflict

The term “law of conflict” has firmly entered the categorical apparatus of Russian legal science, but today there is no unified approach to determining its place in the legal system. The article analyzes the scientific discussion, highlights the main points of view in the field of researching law of conflict. Purpose: to analyze the legal nature of law of conflict and determine the main trends in its development. Methods: empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic. Specific scientific methods are used: legal-dogmatic and method of interpretation of legal norms. Results: the legal nature of law of conflict is manifested primarily in conflict of laws dispersed in various branches of law that ensure law consistency and structural organization. Therefore, it does not belong expressly to any branch. The authors propose to consider law of conflict as a complex inter branch-legal institution.