The article addresses the issue of using the term "integrative" in contemporary public law sciences. Based on analysis of legal literature, it concludes that currently the term "integrative," when applied to public-law sectors, is used at least in several contexts: with respect to determining the sources of a particular branch of law, its systemic structure (structural elements), and the scope of legal regulation (more precisely—its expansion). However, this does not imply any incorrectness of these meanings since the etymology of the words "integrative" and "integration" allows their use in all listed contexts. It is argued that despite the polysemantic nature of the term "integrative," it should be clearly distinguished in state law studies from established and widely used terms like "comprehensive" and "integration-based" legal sector.
integrative law, public law sciences, branch of law, sources of law, object of regulation, legal system
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