@ARTICLE{Kwiecień_Roman_General_2017, author={Kwiecień, Roman}, number={No XXXVII}, journal={Polish Yearbook of International Law}, pages={235-242}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Institute of Law Studies PAS}, publisher={Committee on Legal Sciences PAS}, abstract={There are different meanings and functions of what is called a “general principle of law.” This article seeks to address their importance as the basis for the systemic integration of the international legal order. When international law is considered as a legal system, its normative unity and completeness seems essential. This article argues that general principles of law are a necessary, although less visible, element of international legal practice and reasoning, which secure the systemic integration and long-lasting underpinnings of international law. In this sense they may be seen as the gentle guardians of international law as a legal system.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={General Principles of Law: The Gentle Guardians of Systemic Integration of International Law}, URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110383/PDF/11_Kwiecien.pdf}, keywords={coherence of the legal order, completeness of the legal order, general principles of law, international legal reasoning, sources of international law, systemic integration of international law}, }