sentences:  From 1949 to 1961 he was editor of the journal "L'Année sociologique", to which he also contributed under the heading "Legal and moral sociology".In 1964, two years after Gernet's death, his pupil Jean-Pierre Vernant founded the Centre Louis-Gernet, a centre for the comparative study of ancient societies which is attached to the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.Gernet also translated and commented classical Greek works.