Michał Sczaniecki (1910–1977) was a Polish historian of state and law, especially of Poland and France; professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań from 1951 to 1965, and director of the Western Institute (Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań from 1961 to 1964, later professor at Warsaw University. Publications Powszechna historia państwa i prawa (Universal history of the state and law) 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 1910 births 1977 deaths