n430072,China)Р Abstract:LegalmethodologyofInternationalLawhavenotbeenattachedgreatimportancetointheР legalcircleofChina.Inwesterncountries,systematicstudiesonlegalmethodsofinternationallawwasР inauguratedwhenpositivistwasintime,sprangupwhenitwasincrisis,andharmonizedwhenitisР improving.ThoughnewapproachesoninternationallawhaveemergedinanendlessstreamonthesecР ondhalfof20thcenturieswithdifferentperspectivesandselfcontainedtheories,theyneverwentbeР yondthebasiclegalmethodsofempiricalanalysisandvaluejudgments.AlltobedonebythenewР methodsistointegratethenaturallawandpositivelaw,andmakeinternationallawdosomeintrospecР tionandimprovementwhilecoexistingandinteractingwithtraditionallegalmethods.Р KeyWords:methodofinternationallaw;internationallawtheories;legalmethod;naturallaw;posiР tivelaw