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Podgòrecki Prize
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Those Who Made the RCSL William M. Evan
William M. Evan William M Evan was one of the persons involved
in the construction of RCSL. In the bulletin Research Committee on Sociology of Law of 1969 we can read: (p. 3) “ … two well-known specialists in sociology of law, one European and the other American (A. Podgorecki and W. M. Evan) proposed that the International Sociological Association (ISA) organize an informal session during the Fifth World Congress of Sociology which was to take place in Washington in September 1962. There, sociologists and jurists could meet and discuss the theme « Scope and Methods of the Sociology of Law ». Explaining the reasons for their proposal, they said among other things, «In the past 50 years several efforts have been made to develop the sociology of law. It now appears that the intellectual climate, as far as sociological theory and methodology are concerned, is conducive to significant progress in this interdisciplinary field». The proposal of the two scholars was accepted”. I knew William M. Evan well enough. I had an opportunity to take part in his international comparative research program on legal systems. I have visited to him in Philadelphia, he has visited to me in Warsaw. From the beginning I knew him as the cofounder of RCSL. Jerzy Kwaśniewski
See also the obituary Tukufu Zuberi,
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