Unity and difference of the historical and logical approaches in legal cognition: scientific-philosophical and legal aspects

In the article, the authors reveal the origins of the debatable issue of historical and logical aspects in cognition in ancient philosophy, trace the positions on this issue in European and Russian scientific-philosophical thought of the 17th - early 20th centuries, and also turn to the interpretations of historical and logical in the modern scientific-philosophical and legal literature. Special attention is paid to the search for interrelations and differences between the historical and logical from the point of view of scientific-philosophical and legal knowledge. The article highlights the most significant principles and methods of the historical and logical approaches in theoretical and practical types of legal cognition.