Teleological interpretation in European legal tradition: the historical and comparative perspective

• Strunskiy, Alexander Dmitrievich ^[1]
  1. [1] V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

     V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

     Kazajistán

     
• Localización: Archiv für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie, ARSP, ISSN 0001-2343, Vol. 107, Nº 4, 2021, págs. 616-624
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.25162/arsp-2021-0024
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  • The article is devoted to the historical analysis of teleological argumentation evolution in the legal interpretation. The ideas of ancient Greek and Roman orators, philosophers and lawyers, which served as the basis for development of the idea of teleological interpretation in the European legal tradition, are examined. The history of teleological interpretation method development in European legal theory from Medieval jurists to sociological legal approach of the late 19th and 20th centuries is observed, as well the existence of two main approaches in understanding the teleological method of interpretation, namely subjective-teleological and objective-teleological, is ascertained. The author states that there is a direct correlation between the concept of law and the approach to understanding of the teleological interpretation method. In conclusion, the author insists on the more progressive nature of the objective-teleological method of legal interpretation.