New Multipolar World from the Standpoint of Legal Axiology

In recent years, the concept of a multipolar world, which provides for creation of a system of international relations, where several states or coalitions exert comparable influence on global processes, has become a relevant political and legal doctrine. In contemporary scientific thought, the multipolarity is considered as both a geopolitical phenomenon and a factor requiring reimagining of legal values. In the context of shaping a new world order, it is important to study how a system of values underlying the law (justice, the human right to freedom and safety, sovereignty, etc.) relates to the cases of international and national law, what role they play in the life of society from the standpoint of legal axiology. The Russian legal system is actively becoming an integral part of the global multipolar legal space. This makes the relationship between the provisions of the Russian laws and generally accepted principles of international law and the values put forward in the world order relevant. This paper examines the main trends in the transition to multipolarity, key value guidelines of law, and their combination in modern global transformations. We substantiate the need to reimagine legal values in the context of the transition from a unipolar to a multipolar system. Using the Hegelian triad of the universal, particular, and individual to describe the contemporary legal reality, the author proves that legal systems in a multipolar world are harmonized through dialectical interaction of these categories, where compliance of individual international legal acts with general principles is a key condition for stability. This approach allows to understand in theory the integration of the Russian legal system into a multipolar legal space.