Historiographical studies of the conceptualization of the concept of "aggression" in international law and modern political and legal doctrine

The article presents the results of a historiographical analysis of the process of conceptualizing the concept of "aggression" in modern political and legal doctrine. The research focuses on the evolution of theoretical concepts of aggression in the context of the development of international law and political and legal doctrines. The object of the research is the process of conceptualizing the concept of "aggression" in modern legal thought. The subject of the research is theoretical concepts and modern approaches to understanding aggression as an international legal phenomenon. The relevance of the research is determined by the need to understand modern approaches to the definition of aggression as an international legal phenomenon and their impact on the formation of mechanisms to counter this phenomenon. The practical significance of the work lies in the possibility of using the results obtained for further research on international security issues and improving legal mechanisms for countering aggression. The methodological basis of the research includes historical and legal analysis, a comparative method, and a systematic approach to the study of political and legal doctrines. The scientific novelty lies in the systematization of modern approaches to understanding aggression, the identification of the continuity of ideological traditions and the formation of new concepts within the framework of political and legal doctrine. The paper examines the main directions of political and legal thought in the field of conceptualization of aggression, examines the influence of socio-political factors on the formation of ideas about this phenomenon. Special attention is paid to the influence of the Nuremberg Tribunal on the formation of a modern understanding of aggression and the contribution of Soviet jurists to the development of a classification of types of aggression. The article analyzes current trends in the interpretation of the concept of aggression, including proposals to introduce categories of informational and economic aggression. The necessity of preserving the established international legal content of this term is substantiated in order to avoid destabilization of the international legal order. The concepts of "aggression" and "act of aggression" are not subject to broad interpretation and should be understood within the limits to which they are enshrined in international documents.