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Alf Ross

Danish jurist (1899-1979) · Sweden · Academics · Died at 80

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Alf Niels Christian Ross was a Danish jurist, legal philosopher and judge of the European Court of Human Rights (1959-1971). He is best known as one of the leading figures of Scandinavian legal realism.

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Oslo1951

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Spouse: Else-Merete Ross

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Alf Niels Christian Ross was a Danish jurist, legal philosopher and judge of the European Court of Human Rights (1959-1971). He is best known as one of the leading figures of Scandinavian legal realism. His debate in 1959 with the prominent British legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart - which began in the Cambridge Law Journal - was important in framing the modern conflict between legal positivism and legal realism.

Country
Sweden
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1979 · aged 80

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