Bokalo N. Formation and development of the idea of equality in law: philosophical-legal aspect

Philosophical-legal understanding of genesis of the idea of equality in law guided by the basic philosophy and legal types of legal thinking investigated. An integrated approach to the typology of legal thinking allowed to trace the idea of equality development in the classical (natural law and positivist) and post-classical legal thinking. In the natural law approach of legal thinking the idea of equality in the law is represented by secular and religious thinking. In the positivistic legal thinking the idea of equality in law is regarded within legal positivism, sociological, psychological and Marxist approaches.