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Adam Podgórecki's Sociology of Law: The Invisible Factors of the Functioning of Law Made Visible

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Copyright © 1978 The Law and Society Association

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I am grateful to Richard Abel for inviting me to undertake this review essay, and helping me to adapt it for an English-reading public.

References

A Partial Bibliography of the Writings of Adam Podgórecki

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(1962b) Charakterystyka nauk praktycznych (Characteristics of the Practical Sciences). Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.Google Scholar
(1962c) Socjologia prawa (Sociology of Law). Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna.Google Scholar
(1962d) “Eksperyment w socjologii prawa (The Experiment in Sociology of Law),” 17 (part 1) (1) *Państwo i Prawo 46.Google Scholar
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(1965a) “The Prestige of Law,” 12 (2) Polish Sociological Bulletin 34.Google Scholar
(1965b) “The Birth and Progress of Sociotechniques—Lenin's Sociotechniques,” (in Polish with English summary),“ (1) Studia Socjologiczne 195.Google Scholar
(1965c) “Prestiż prawa (The Prestige of Law),” 20 (part 1) (4) *Państwo i Prawo 575.Google Scholar
(1966a) “Three Modifiers of the Operation of Law,” 13 (1) Polish Sociological Bulletin 38.Google Scholar
(1966b) Prestiż prawa (The Prestige of Law). Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna.Google Scholar
(1966c) Zasady socjotechniki (The Principles of Sociotechnics). Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna.Google Scholar
(1966d) “Rygoryzm prawny społeczeństwa (Society's Legal Rigorousness),” (2) Studia Socjologiczne 213.Google Scholar
(1967a) “Die Dreistufen-Hypothese über die Wirksamkeit des Rechts,” in Hirsch, Ernst E. and Rehbinder, Manfred (eds.) Studien und Materialien zur Rechtssoziologie. Cologne-Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. (11 Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 271.).Google Scholar
(1967b) “The Prestige of the Law (Preliminary Research Results),” 10 Acta Sociologica 81.Google Scholar
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(1968c) “The Sociology of Law in Poland,” in Treves, Renato and Glastra van Loon, J. (eds.) Norms and Actions: National Reports on Sociology of Law. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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(1968e) “Normy prawne a normy moralne (Legal and Moral Norms),” 23 (part 2) (7) * Państwo i Prawo 55.Google Scholar
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(1969g) “Utajona obserwacja rzeczywistego działania instytucji. Obserwacje narad i rozpraw karnych odbywanych z udziałem ławników (Participant Observation of the Real Efficiency of an Institution. Observations of the Discussions and Negotiations in Penal Cases with Lay Judges),” in Moralność i społeczeństwo—księga jubileuszewa dla Marii Ossowskiej (Morality and Society—Essays in Honor of Maria Ossowska). Warsaw.Google Scholar
(1970a) “Comparative Studies of Legal Systems,” 21 (1) Polish Sociological Bulletin 83.Google Scholar
(1970b) “Loi et morale en théorie et pratique,” [1970] Revue de l'Institut de Sociologie 277.Google Scholar
(1970c) (editor) Socjotechnika. Jak oddziaławać skutecznie? (Sociotechnics, Volume 1, How to Effect Efficiently). Warsaw: Ksiąźka i Wiedza.Google Scholar
(1971a) Zarys socjologii prawa (Outline of a Sociology of Law). Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.Google Scholar
(1971b) (et al.) Poglądy społeczeństwa polskiego na moralność i prawo (The Views of Polish Society on Morality and Law). Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna.Google Scholar
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(1971d) “On the Notion of Valuation,” (5) Studia Filozoficzne 347 (special issue for foreign languages on European Humanism).Google Scholar
(1971e) “Pewna koncepcja normy prawnej (A Conception of the Norm of Law),” (1) Studia Filozoficzne 125.Google Scholar
(197If) “Drugie życie—uwagi wstępne (The Second Life—Introductory Remarks),” 8 Etyka 131.Google Scholar
(1971g) “Drugie życie, próba hipotezy wyjaśniającej (The Second Life, Attempt of an Illuminative Hypothesis),” 8 Etyka 177.Google Scholar
(1971h) “Practical Usefulness of Sociological Research,” 23 (1) Polish Sociological Bulletin 17.Google Scholar
(1972a) “The Four Variations of the Self,” 58 (1) Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 1.Google Scholar
(1972b) (editor) Socjotechnika. Style działania (Sociotechnics, Volume 2, Pattems of Effecting). Warsaw.Google Scholar
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(1973b) “Public Opinion on Law,” in Podgórecki, Adam et al. (1973a).Google Scholar
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(1973d) (with Jerzy, KUBIN) Stosowani nauk społecznych w praktyce (Social Sciences Practically Applied). Wrocław/Warsaw/Cracow/Gdańsk.Google Scholar
(1974a) “Ethical Notions and Social Life: Some Problems in the Measurement of Attitudes,” 8 (3) Quality and Quantity 267 (September).Google Scholar
(1974b) Očerk sociologii prava (Outline of a Sociology of Law) (in Russian). Moscow.Google Scholar
(1974c) Law and Society. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.Google Scholar
(1975) Practical Sciences. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.Google Scholar
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(1976c) “Social Technology and Decision Making,” in Cherns, A. (ed.) Sociotechnics. London: Malaby Press.Google Scholar

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