Leon Petrażycki

Leon Petrażycki
Born13 April 1867
Kołłątajewo, Sennensky Uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died15 May 1931 (Aged 64)
Warsaw, Poland
Resting placePowązki Cemetery
Philosophical work
Main interestsPhilosophy of law, Sociology of law
Notable ideasPsychological theory of law

Leon Petrażycki (Polish: Leon Petrażycki; Russian: Лев Ио́сифович Петражи́цкий, romanized: Lev Iosifovich Petrazhitsky; 13 April 1867 – 15 May 1931) was a Russian and Polish philosopher, legal scholar, and sociologist, deputy of the first State Duma of Russian Empire. He is considered an important forerunner of the sociology of law and the founder of St. Petersburg School of Philosophy of Law.

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