从历史的角度研究法律自古即有,因为从一种意义上说,任何对当下法律的研究都不可能脱离对其过去的追溯。但这一做法蔚然成风,则可能要晚至19世纪历史法学兴起之后。浪漫主义的兴起使得19世纪几乎成为了一个史学的世纪,欧洲出现了一大批知名的历史法学的代表人物或法律史学家,萨维尼、耶林、斯塔布斯、梅因、梅特兰……群星闪耀,灿若星河。可以说,历史法学的出现在一定程度上改变了法学的基本研究方法,使得我们对法律的关注不再简单 The study of law from the historical point of view has existed since ancient times because, in a sense, any study of the present law can not be separated from the tracing of its past. However, this practice has become common practice, it may be as late as the 19th century after the rise of history and law. The rise of romanticism made the 19th century almost a century of history. In Europe, a large number of well-known representatives of historical jurisprudence or legal historians, Savigny, Jelling, Stubbs, Maine and Maitland ... emerged. ... The stars shine, Canruo Xinghe. It can be said that the emergence of history jurisprudence to a certain extent, changed the basic research methods of law, making our attention to the law is no longer simple