ПРИРОДНО-ПРАВНА ТЕОРИЈА ЈОВАНА СТЕРИЈЕ ПОПОВИЋА
NATURAL LAW THEORY OF JOVAN STERIJA POPOVIĆ

Summary/Abstract: The conceptual legal though in Serbia has been in the full swing of its development from the early 19th century, alongside with the constitution of a modern Serbian national state and the outset of the civic society. The legal thought of Serbian legal scholars of the time is clearly distinguished by the profusion of legal thought, the depth of critical analysis and the elegance of rhetoric expression which made their legal theories an integral part of the rich history of the Serbian theory of law, whose results could be directly built into the contemporary legal thought. As a renowned literary author, lawyer and scholar, Jovan Sterija Popovic has a very special place among the Serbian legal philosophers of the time for his contribution to the development of our theory of law. Sterija's assumptions on concepts of the state and the law are primarily based on Kant's ideas. Even thought there is some departure from Kant's point of view, it does not significantly affect Sterija's reception of Kant's legal thought. However, being a prominent legal theorist, he adopted only those natural law concepts that undeniably had a universal value, thus giving his elegant, well-balanced and moderate expression of his legal thought a touch of his personal interpretation. It is beyond any doubt that Jovan Sterija Popovic has left a significant trace in the history of the Serbian conceptual legal thought, and that his opus is of interminable importance as inevitable linkage in the development of theory of law in Serbia.

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