Private international law in the legal system

This text presents an analysis of doctrinal opinions on the role of private international law in the legal system. The existing approaches are conditionally classified into three groups: national, international and polysystem. The views of such scientists as V.F. Popondopulo, V.A. Belov, R.Y. Kolobov, G.K. Dmitrieva and M.N. Kuznetsov are considered in a special order. As a result of the reflections, a reasonable conclusion is drawn that private international law is an integral part of civil (private) law, while conflict-of-laws rules are considered as specialized.