This article is devoted to a systematic analysis of modern approaches related to the qualitative reception of the legal ideas of G.F.V. Hegel. Particular attention is paid to the permanent interaction of state institutions and civil society, integrated by the fundamental phenomenon of the national spirit. The authors consider the constructive transformations of the Hegelian ideal state, positioned as a natural embodiment of individual and collective freedom. The original interpretation of the legal subject, formed by an outstanding German thinker, receives a systematic assessment. The Hegelian concept of constructed law is evaluated from practical positions that determine the organic synthesis of professional rule-making and mass legal consciousness. The author's perspective also includes the legal axiology of the famous philosopher, which includes systemic ideas about the differentiated interaction of moral and normative mechanisms of social regulation. Methodological reflection is based on a qualitative analysis of classical binary oppositions and logical triads, characteristic of Hegelian philosophy and adapted to a comprehensive assessment of public and private law. The epistemological potential of the philosophical and legal part of Hegel's intellectual heritage is characterized as the optimal foundation for modern research practice, directed to a comprehensive study of Russian society and state institutions.