Đurić studied law, philosophy and classic philology in Belgrade, where he obtained his PhD with the thesis on "Ideas of the Natural Law in Greek Sophists" (1954). He was professor at Law School from 1954 until 1973, when, for political reasons, he was removed from the University. In 1954 he was appointed as Research Fellow at the University of Belgrade's Law School, where he was later promoted to Assistant Professor in 1957, Associate Professor in 1964, and full Professor in 1969. He taught History of Political Theory, General Sociology and Methodology of Social Science.