Vasily Andreyevich Nezabitovsky (; ; 1824 — 1883) was a

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

, born in Radomyshl in the

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of the

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(present-day

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). He graduated from Kyiv University of St. Vladimir. In 1853, Nezabitovsky transferred to the faculty of international law at Kyiv University.

Contributions

Nezabitovsky is best known for his study of

international law International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of Rule of law, rules, norms, Customary law, legal customs and standards that State (polity), states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generall ...

and his conception of a global law versus an international law, in the sense of law between nations. Global law or general / omnisocial law meant to protect an individual against allegiance to a given government or state. Omnisocial law was thus one of the first manifestations of

international human rights law International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, ag ...

. Nezabitovsky's saw international law as merely the protection of state's rights vis a vis other states. Omnisocial law was meant to act as a limit on international law.

References

*The Teachings of Publicists on International Property () (Kyiv, 1862). 1824 births category:1883 deaths People from Zhytomyr Oblast People from Radomyslsky Uyezd Jurists from the Russian Empire International law scholars Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class {{Ukraine-law-bio-stub