Philosophical Foundations for Understanding the System of Law

Authors

Roman ROMASHOV Murmansk Arctic State University
Victor KOVALEV Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences
Elena RAKOVA High School of Economy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v1i1.672

Keywords:

state-law systems, law and state philosophy, history of state and law ideas, cyclic history, state-law conception, Ancient state, polis state, the Medieval and early modern state

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of correlation between the evolution of the main ideas pattern, philosophical foundations of the intellectual life of age and historical state-law systems. The method is a cyclic conception of history, according to which on every round of historical processes, the framework of state-law system development was formed by the main ideas presumption about space, time, the multiplicity of the world and so on. According to it, authors argue that the existence of some milestones in the history of ideas gives us an opportunity to highlight some phases of the state-law system evolution, such as temple-state with its mythological space and cyclic time; polis state, which emerged from rationalization and understanding the world is multiple; medieval theological state with its dualism and teleological history conception; modern state based on separation of abstract conceptions such as nation and their embodiment.

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Author Biographies

Roman ROMASHOV, Murmansk Arctic State University

PhD, Doctor of Science in Law, Professor at the Theory of State and Law Department of Murmansk Arctic State University (Murmansk, Russia), Meritorious Scientist of Russian Federation. Specialist in the theory and history of law. Author of 10 monographs, including monographs “Genesis of Law: Tradition, Will and Law”, “Politiogenesis: Temple, Polis, Patrimony, State”, and others. Author of more than 370 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Main tendencies of the contemporary law’s development: theory and practice issues”, “Understanding of Law and Legal Thoughts as elements of Law Culture”, “Constitutional Legal Systems in the Modern World”.

Victor KOVALEV , Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD in History, Associate Professor at the Theory of Law and Law Enforcement Department of Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Specialist in medieval and early modern history. Author of more than 60 scientific publications. Recent publications: “Election technology as a determinative idea of the supreme power in medieval European tradition” (co-authored), “The Reason, tried by the Time – the genesis of the Common Law of England and the birth of the Common-law Mind”, “Economical, Legal and Political factors of the Constitutional crisis in the Middle-XIX USA” (co-authored).

Elena RAKOVA, High School of Economy

PhD in Law, Senior Lecturer at Civil Law and Civil Process Department of High School of Economy (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Specialist in private, family and hereditary law. Recent publications: “Professional Adaptations of the Law Faculties’ Students: Issues and Practices”, “On Issue of Understanding Notions “Russian People” and “Russian State”.

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ROMASHOV, R., KOVALEV , V., & RAKOVA, E. (2021). Philosophical Foundations for Understanding the System of Law. WISDOM, 1(1), 199–211. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v1i1.672

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