The force of the law and the right for the force in history and in modern times

Introduction: In modern world, the agitation increases associated with the use of force and direct military actions of the leading world countries against separate states and peoples. People reasonably inquire why contradictions and conflicts are often solved not through the norms of the international law or the United Nations Organization sanctions, but at will and desire of separate countries or military political groups. Why is it that in the XXI century the number of cases of using force but not the law increase. In spite of the numerous works available on the topic, the authors study separate cases, separate conflicts or groups of countries on a local period of time. Insufficient knowledge requires to continue the topic study. Purpose: to discover the correlation between the force and the law at different phases of the historical development. Methods: the methodological basis of the research is the complex of the scientific cognition methods, with the principal role given to the historicism method, systematization method, comparative law method. Results: a stable tendency of boosting the force but not the legal methods of solving both domestic and international conflicts was discovered. The reasons were shown of why the leading countries of the world often prefer force but not the law. Conclusions: the governments, the politicians, the legislators of the majority of the countries need to consolidate to influence the countries that break agreements and international legal norms.