Philosopher

Leon Petrażycki

Overview

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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Philosophers who discussed Leon Petrażycki

• Czesław Znamierowski

Ideas Leon Petrażycki discusses

• University of Warsaw
• Philosophy
• Jurisprudence
• Sociology
• Russian Empire
• Poland
• Legal positivism
• Warsaw
• Berlin
• Animal rights
• Sociology of law
• Eugen Ehrlich

Place in the tradition

Part of History of philosophy in Poland.

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