Jerzy Wróblewski (5 September 1929 in

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- 31 May 1990 in

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) was a Polish legal theorist and a professor at the

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Biography

Wróblewski graduated at the

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in 1947 with master's degree in

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

and completed postgraduate studies in

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1949, he moved to the

in 1951, where he was appointed head of chair of the theory of state and law. He achieved

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in 1970. He remained at Łódź till his death, where he performed a number of functions: pro-dean of the Faculty of Law (1953-1955, and 1958-1962), dean of the Faculty of Law (1955-1956, and 1962-1964), pro-rector (1965-1968), and rector (1981-1984). He served as a judge of the State Tribunal of the Republic of Poland. He was a member of the

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and the

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. Wróblewski published in

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

and in the organization of state administration.

Publications (selected)

The following list contains English editions of J. Wróblewski's books and separately published works:https://elibrary.lib.uni.lodz.pl/ , UL Library catalog *''Between legalism and finalism''. Duncker und Humblot, 1984 *''Cognition of norms and cognition through norms''. Università degli Studi di Trento. Dipartimento di Teoria, Storia e Ricerca Sociale, 1983 *''Fuzziness of legal system''. Finnish Lawyers' Society, 1983 *''Law and philosophy''. Springer-Verlag, 1977 *''Law-making and hierarchies of values''. Duncker & Humblot, 1987 *''Legal reasonings in legal interpretation''. Centre National Belge de Recherches de Logique, 1969 *''Morality of progress : social philosophy of Leo Petrażycki''. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982. *''Presuppositions of legal reasoning''. D. Reidel Publishing Company, cop. 1985 *''Problems of ontological complexity of law''. Universidad del Pais Vasco : Centro de Análisis, Lógiċa e Informática Iuridica, 1986 *''State and law in marxist theory of state and law''. Wayne State University Law School, 1976 *''The rational law-maker : general theory and socialist experience''. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1987

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1926 births 1990 deaths Legal writers Academic staff of the University of Łódź 20th-century Polish judges Philosophers of law Lawyers from Vilnius Jagiellonian University alumni

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Biography

Publications (selected)

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