Gabriel Le Bras

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Gabriel Le Bras
BornJuly 23, 1891
DiedFebruary 18, 1970
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Jurist, sociologist

Gabriel Le Bras (1891-1970 [1] ) was a French legal scholar and sociologist. [2] [3]

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Early life

Gabriel Le Bras was born on July 23, 1891, in Paimpol, France. [1] [4] He received a Doctorate and the Agrégation in Laws in 1922. [1]

Career

Le Bras was a Professor of Law at the University of Strasbourg from 1923 to 1929. [1] He was director of research in the Sociology of Religion at the École pratique des hautes études from 1945 to 1962. [1] He served as the Dean of the Law School at the University of Paris from 1959 to 1962. [1]

Le Bras became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in 1962. [1]

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gabriel Le Bras (1891-1970)". Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. Desroche, Henri (1970). "Gabriel Le Bras (1891-1970)". Archives de sociologie des religions. 29 (1): 2–5. doi:10.3406/assr.1970.1831 . Retrieved April 18, 2016 via Persée.
  3. Maître, Jacques (1970). "Gabriel Le Bras, briseur de barrages (1891-1970)". Revue française de sociologie. 11 (4): 577–579. Retrieved April 18, 2016 via Persée.
  4. Hervieu-Léger, Danièle (2010). Dictionnaire des faits religieux. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. ISBN   9782130545767. OCLC   708371870 via Archives des sciences sociales des religions.
  5. La bibliographie des travaux de G. Le Bras, qui figure en tête de cet ouvrage, fait état de plus de quatre cents titres : articles, préfaces, directions d'ouvrage, en droit canonique, droit romain, histoire, sociologie religieuse.