Is Ukraine a common law country?

No, Russia and Ukraine are both civil law countries.

The civil law system is mainly written law, and usually does not recognize the status of case law. In judicial trials, judges are traditionally required to conduct trials in strict accordance with the law, and syllogism is the most important way of reasoning. At present, for Ukraine, the Crimean referendum has no legal basis. This referendum is not protected by law, but it has not been banned. But then Crimea's departure from Ukraine directly violated the Ukrainian Constitution. For Russia, there is no domestic law to solve the problem of Crimea's integration into Russia. Fortunately, Russia still has time to practice the law, and it will do so in the future.

Looking back, Britain, the United States, France and other countries that jumped up and down on the Ukrainian issue this time are mostly Anglo-American legal systems. The most important feature of its law is the recognition of case law. In this way, the referendum in Crimea has a precedent basis. 1999 After 78 days of indiscriminate bombing of Yugoslavia, NATO took charge of Kosovo. In 2008, a referendum on Kosovo was held in violation of the agreement with Serbia. Later, on 20 10, the international court of justice ruled that the referendum was legal. In this way, the legality of the Crimean referendum has a legal precedent in NATO countries. In other words, the Crimean referendum is at least 100% legal for the United States, Britain and France.

Ironically, the future of Ukraine has nothing to do with the Ukrainian people. Neighboring powers still play with 40 million people, knowing that they have no moral justification. When the west began to recognize the current provisional government of Ukraine, international law had already been trampled underfoot and turned into a pile of waste paper.

What's the use of talking about international law now?