Legal particularism as the phenomenon of law and legislation in Medieval Europe

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of perception and understanding by medieval philosophers and lawyers of the basic legal concepts and definitions, features of the nature and functioning of the medieval legal system as a whole. The concepts of “law” (ius) and “legislation” (lex), as well as related categories of “justice”, “equality”, “duty” are considered. The authors believe that legal particularism provided additional opportunities for the protection of subjective rights, stimulated competition between legal systems and contributed to the formation of law as an authoritative and influential social regulator.