Michał Sczaniecki (born Stanisław Maria 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.
His father, Władysław Sczaniecki (1869-1942), was a colonel in the Polish Army, as well as a landowner and a prominent figure in social and economic activism in the dairy industry.
During this time, Sczaniecki joined the Coronia Studentenverbindung and continued his studies at Jagiellonian University under the supervision of Zygmunt Wojciechowski.
That same year, he travelled to France to further his studies with the Professor François Olivier-Martin at the University of Paris, who was an expert in both historical and legal sciences.
He was enlisted in the Polish Army in France and served as an observation officer in the 2nd division of the 1st (101st) Vilnius Light Artillery Regiment during the French campaign.