Gabriel Le Bras (1891-1970) was a French legal scholar and sociologist.

Early life

Gabriel Le Bras was born on July 23, 1891 in

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, France. He received a Doctorate and the

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in Laws in 1922.

Career

Le Bras was a Professor of Law at the

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from 1923 to 1929. He was director of research in the Sociology of Religion at the

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from 1945 to 1962. He served as the Dean of the Law School at the

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from 1959 to 1962. Le Bras became a member of the

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in 1962.

Publications

* (with Paul Fournier), ''Histoire des collections canoniques en occident depuis les Fausses Décrétales jusqu'au Décret de Gratien'', 2 vol., Paris, 1931 ; 1932. * with (dir.), ''Histoire du droit et des institutions de l'Église en Occident'', Paris, Sirey, 18 vol. (including ''Prolégomènes'', Paris, 1955) * ''Introduction à l'histoire de la pratique religieuse en France'', 2 vol., Paris, 1942 ; 1945.
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. * ''Études de sociologie religieuse'', 2 vol., Paris,

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, "Bibliothèque de Sociologie contemporaine", 1955 ; 1956. * ''Institutions ecclésiastiques de la Chrétienté médiévale'', 2 vol., Paris, Bloud & Gay, 1959 ; 1964. * with Charles Lefebvre and J. Rambaud, ''L'Âge classique (1140–1378). Sources et théorie du droit'', Paris, Sirey, 1965. * ''L'Église et le village'', Paris,

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, 1976. * ''La Police religieuse dans l'ancienne France'', Paris,

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, 2010.
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Bibliography on Le Bras

* ''Études d'histoire du droit canonique dédiées à Gabriel Le Bras'', Paris, Sirey, 1965, 2 vol.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. *Francine Soubiran-Paillet. "Juristes et sociologues français d'après-guerre : une rencontre sans lendemain", ''Genèses. Sciences sociales et histoire'', 2000, n° 1, . *

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, "Un passeur de frontières : Gabriel Le Bras et l'enquête sur la pratique religieuse en France", ''RHEF'', 92, 2006, . * Raoul C. Van Caenegem, ''Legal historians I have known: a personal memoir'', in: Rechtsgeschichte, Zeitschrift des Max-Planck Instituts für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, 2010, S.252-299.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Bras, Gabriel 1891 births 1970 deaths French jurists French sociologists People from Paimpol Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg University of Paris faculty Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy