The Department of Legal Philosophy was the one researching and teaching these disciplines at the time of the move of the University to Szeged. In the traditional, German-type legal education theoretical and philosophical grounding of law had significant part in legal education, thus well-known legal philosophers taught these courses in Szeged.

1. Moór, Gyula (1888-1950) was the first head of the department. He studied in Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania) then started lecturing in Eperjes (today Presov, Slovakia), later at the university in Kolozsvár, where he became professor in 1918. With the move of the university he also came to Szeged, which he left in 1928 for Budapest. He published two of his major works in Szeged: Macht, Recht, Moral and Introduction to Legal Philosophy, both of which analyses the relationship between law and morals, definition of law. He became one of the most significant legal philosophers of the country by aiming at synthesis in his works. He searched answers for the ontological questions of law. According to his sociological conception society is the encounter of spirit with nature.

Owing to difficulties in filling the vacancies in the departments, Moór was also the appointed head of the Department of International Law (1921-22) and the Department of Criminal Procedure (1924-25). He had a very active public role, was member of numerous associations and societies, such as the Hungarian Society of Philosophy and the Hungarian Society of Foreign Affairs. Before continuing his career in Budapest, he organized for Horváth, Barna to become his successor.

2. Horváth, Barna (1896-1973) had been head of the department from 1929 to 1940, who continued his studies in Budapest, then lecturing there a course of Ethics. His main research fields were Legal Theory, Legal Philosophy and Legal Sociology. According to him basis of law is power, which entails organization, thus law is the most organized fact of society, which is the condition for freedom, and insures institutional procedural framework. He represented positivist natural law, meaning that according to his theory positivism incorporates natural law.

Among many other memberships in scientific and social associations, he was member of the Institut International de Philosophie du Droit et de Sociologie Juridique. In the academic year of 1937/38 he acted as dean of the university, in the next year as pro-dean. Shortly after World War II he emigrated to the United States where he died in 1973.

3. In the years following World War II for a short period of time Schneller, Károly (1893–1953) taught these courses, then until 1949 Szabó, József (1909–1992). Although Szabó studied in Szeged, he became a professor in Kolozsvár. His research fields were comparative constitutional law and sociological problems of application of law and jurisprudence. He published only a few studies in Legal Philosophy since for a longer period he was working at the Department of Constitutional Law.

In the academic year of 1948/49 he was elected to be the dean of the university, while he was also the editor of Acta Juridica et Politica Szeged. He became professor emeritus in 1990.

4. The title of the course changes in 1949 to Theory of State and Law, for a short while Vas, Tibor taught it, then from 1950 until 1990 Antalffy, György (1920–1993) had been head of the department. Antalffy became professor in 1950, his research fields had been very widespread: problems of development of law and state, with special respect to social states, history of teaching politics and law, development trends of state sciences, history of the social state, structure of society, relationship among politics, state and society.

Besides his scientific and educational work at the university he was member and leader of numerous associations, such as being the vice-president Hungarian Branch of the International Political Science Association, member of the Hungarian Branch of the I’Institut International des Sciences Administratives and doctor honoris cause of Mechnikov Odessa National University.

5. Subsequently Papp, Ignác (1931 - ) continued teaching of the subject and headed the department until 1991 when he retired. Research fields of Papp were state theory and legal theory, history of teaching of law and politics, sociology and legal sociology.

6. Vastagh, Pál (1946 - ) had also been teaching the subject in Szeged between 1973 and 1989, he conducted research in the field of constitutional law, state law, problems of administration. He was dean of the university in the academic year of 1988/1989, later besides the scientific work he became Minister of Justice of the Republic of Hungary.

7. Tamás, András (1941 - ) also taught legal theory in Szeged, between 1983 and 1987, became professor in 1992, his outstanding knowledge is also proved by his membership in several international scientific associations, such as International Council of Environmental Law, Asia Pacific Lawyers Association, European Assosiation of Legislation. He was head of the Department of Administrative and Financial Law between 1989 and 1994 when he left the university for Budapest.

8. After the change of regime in 1989, this department was the first in the country to create a new Legal Theory curriculum, without the previously characteristic political ideology.The name of the department has changed in 1991 into Department of Legal Sociology and Philosophy and Pokol, Béla (1950 - ) has been appointed head. He became professor in 1991, his research fields cover legal sciences, political sciences and sociology. He co-authors the book titled Political Science with Bihari, Mihály, which has been a course book at most of the universities of Hungary. In the monograph of Theory of Sociology, published in 1997, a comprehensive theory of society is provided. This book has also been published in Germany, the second edition by Logos Verlag, Berlin. Besides these he is author of numerous studies and articles, and member of scientific associations.