According to Savigny, the origin of law lies in the popular spirit of people, which is termed as
The term is Volksgeist, meaning the spirit or common consciousness of a people. Savigny treated law as developing organically from a community's shared life and convictions,…
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According to Savigny, the origin of law lies in the popular spirit of people, which is termed as
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The term is Volksgeist, meaning the spirit or common consciousness of a people. Savigny treated law as developing organically from a community's shared life and convictions, with custom expressing that underlying consciousness. Jus gentium refers to the law of nations and natural law to a different source of legal principles; neither names the popular spirit in Savigny's historical theory.
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