Gabriel Le Bras


Gabriel Le Bras was a French legal scholar and sociologist.

Early life

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

Career

Le Bras was a Professor of Law at the University of Strasbourg from 1923 to 1929. He was director of research in the Sociology of Religion at the École pratique des hautes études from 1945 to 1962. He served as the Dean of the Law School at the University of Paris from 1959 to 1962.
Le Bras became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in 1962.

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