Alf Ross
Alf Niels Christian Ross (10 June 1899 – 17 August 1979) 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 (Vol. 17) – was important in framing the modern conflict between legal positivism and legal realism.
Alf Ross | |
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| Born | Alf Niels Christian Ross 10 June 1899 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 17 August 1979 (aged 80) Virum, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Citizenship | Danish |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen, Uppsala University |
| Known for | Ross's paradox |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Law, philosophy of law, sociology of law |
| Institutions | University of Copenhagen (1929–1969) |
| Thesis | Theorie der Rechtsquellen: ein Beitrag zur Theorie des positiven Rechts auf Grundlage dogmenhistorischer Untersuchungen (1929) |
| Doctoral advisor | Axel Hägerström |
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