Logica e storia: l’attualismo giuridico di Arnaldo Volpicelli

The essay discusses the relationship between philosophy of law and legal science in the writings of Arnaldo Volpicelli. According to his thought, the search for an ontological dimension of phi-losophy passes through a critique of Benedetto Croce’s and Giorgio Del Vecchio’s scholarships. The definition of gnoseological function of science, on the other hand, takes place through a comparison with Vittorio Emanuele Orlando’s and Santi Romano’s works