Естественно-правовое учение Лона Л. Фуллера в контексте постклассического правопонимания

Теоретическая и прикладная юриспруденция. 2025. № 3 (25). С. 124–137.

Vinogradov S.

Introduction. The article deals with the specifics of the formation of postclassical natural law
thought in the Anglo-American philosophy of law of the mid-twentieth century. The early theoretical
heritage of Lon L. Fuller is examined through the optics of postclassical understanding: the critique of
the methodological framework of classical legal positivism and the author’s attempt to propose an
integrative approach that overcomes the distinction between morality and law are analysed.
Methodology and materials. The research is carried out within the framework of the conceptual
scheme “classics-postclassics” used to interpret the styles of legal thinking. The methods of hermeneutic
analysis, historical-philosophical reconstruction and comparative approach were used. The analysis is
centred on L. L. Fuller’s early texts published in the 1940s–1950s.
Results. It is demonstrated that Fuller’s ideas — criticism of Hume’s “guillotine”, emphasis on the
purpose of law, the project of eunomics — stylistically correspond to the postclassical type of rationality.
Fuller’s philosophy of law project proposes a restoration of the connection between description and
evaluation in law, and connects moral normativity to social reality. Interpreting Fuller within a postclassical
paradigm allows to rethink his contribution to debates on the nature of law, legitimacy and justice.
Conclusion. The article demonstrates the heuristic utility of the concept of postclassical legal
understanding for analysing Anglo-American philosophy of law. The approach provides a deeper
interpretation of key theoretical works of the past and reveals new connections between the history of
legal thought and contemporary issues in the philosophy of law.

Keywords: естественное право, natural law, юридический позитивизм, постклассическое правопонимание, legal positivism, eunomics, Anglo-American legal thought, Lon L. Fuller, postclassical understanding of law, эвномика, англо-американская политико-правовая мысль, Лон Фуллер