The idea of historicism and the theory of natural law in the teachings of F.K. von Savigny

Abstract

The article analyzes the idea of history as a special form of development, which includes the activity of public self-awareness, it is noted that it was first presented in the concepts of G.V.F. Hegel and F.K. von Savigny. The principle of historicism, introduced by F.K. von Savigny in legal science, allowed him to bring as close as possible natural law and positive law, which he interpreted as two moments in the historical development of the “universal popular spirit” and popular justice.