JENS EVALD. Alf Ross. a life DJØF PUBLISHING

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1 JENS EVALD Alf Ross a life DJØF PUBLISHING

2 Alf Ross A life

3 Jens Evald Alf Ross A life DJØF Publishing 2014

4 Jens Evald Alf Ross a life First edition 2014 DJØF Publishing Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Print: AKAPRINT, Tilst Printed in Denmark 2014 ISBN Published with Support from Margot og Thorvald Dreyers Fond Sold and distributed in Scandinavia by DJØF Publishing Copenhagen, Denmark [email protected] Sold and distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS) [email protected] Sold in all other countries by The Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd [email protected] Distributed in all other countries by Marston Book Services [email protected]

5 Foreword Foreword This is the story of Alf Ross, one of the founding fathers of the so-called Scandinavian legal realism. Alf Ross was born June in Copenhagen and he was 15 years of age in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War, 45 years of age in 1945 when the Second World War ended, 69 years of age on the outbreak of the youth revolt in 1968, and 73 years of age when Denmark joined the European Community (EC). It is this eighty-year-period that is the frame for the book on Alf Ross. On the surface, the life of Alf Ross was a fairy tale; at least he had to go through an awful lot of hardship both in relation to love and work before he became an internationally known and recognized philosopher and legal scholar. But the story of Alf Ross is not a fairy tale. It is the story about a man s struggle to greatness and the consequences of such a struggle in his relationship with other people including his spouse. It is this story that is told in the book on Alf Ross. The book is based on written sources and a small number of interviews. The written sources include diaries, letters, books, newspaper articles written about and by Else-Merete and Alf Ross. Many thanks to Alf Ross son and daughter, Strange and Lone Ross, who without reservation have placed family photos and other material at my disposal and answered questions on family matters. Most of the family pictures have been taken by Alf Ross son Ulrik Ross, now Arrow Ross, artist and photographer living in Wilmington, North Carolina. Margot and Thorvald Dryer s Fond the book is now published in English. I am very grateful. The book has been translated from Danish into English by Sarah Pedersen, Professor of Communication and Media at The Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and Frederik Pedersen, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at The University of Aberdeen. Thank you both. A special thanks to my long time publisher at DJØF Publishing, Vivi Antonsen, who is now retiring. Aarhus, Denmark June 2014 Jens Evald 5

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7 Index Foreword... 5 rod o e ro o e Do I dare? The sources About this book er e r e The family and the inheritance Childhood and school The study of law His circle of friends and his spiritual crisis A spiritual crisis The smile The trip with Stephan Hurwitz Berlin Duzio Ich bin Däne Doubt and marriage The ball at Inga s The cancelled wedding Hotel de Londres, Paris Illness Waiting period Wedding er r e o do d er Paris Cursus honorum Rue Linné

8 Index Vienna Landfall The letter to Frederik Vinding Kruse An available standpoint Hans Kelsen The Vienna School and the Circle of Vienna Contract with the devil We hammer the keys er e o The thesis is rejected The condemned thesis The evaluation Behind the evaluation Years of struggle The nervous breakdown The turning-point Salvation er r e or d e Swedish doctor The doctoral defence in Uppsala Assistant at the Faculty of Law and Political Science Jurist or philosopher? The accusations of plagiarism The law thesis Gunnar Myrdal The accusations against Frederik Vinding Kruse A Dane returned from Åre The doctoral thesis is accepted for defence Kelsen, Hägerström and Vinding Kruse Bent Schultzer Victory and defeat Docent and falling in love Professor of International Law er e er re ee

9 Index The Kolbenhoff period Walter Kolbenhoff Walter Kolbenhoff and the reconstruction of Germany Alf Ross and Walter Kolbenhoff Else-Merete Ross travels around Germany The literary witness er r o d e o r The war The Occupation Textbook in international law Vinding Kruse s contribution to the study of legal sources Frederik Vinding Kruse and the war Vinding Kruse and Nazism International law and post-war trials Denmark as an allied combatant in the war? Legal science contacts are resumed The journal case Social Democrat Why I vote for the Social Democrat party Why democracy? er o w orw d e o r e o er Oslo The philosophy of law in Norway Oslo is a strange mixture of provincial town and Americanisation. 187 A ski trip to Fagernes My joy and the greatness of redemption Wanderlust The journey to America Paris and the plan of the great journey The purpose of the voyage to America Currency problems Departure The round trip The journey home The sporting modern professor Else-Merete returns home

10 Index er oder o o o w or ed e e od It s about morals Thus passes the vanity of the world An old-fashioned jurisprudence The development of the prediction theory of law Received wisdom or originality? Scandinavian Realism Vilhelm Lundstedt Karl Olivecrona Ingemar Hedenius Polemics and Theodor Geiger Tradition and the modern philosophy of law er e ere e o Self-analysis Life and work Childhood and youth Life as an adult The women s movement and friendship The Danish Women s Association Birgitta Ek The Parliamentarian The pensioner er e o de e Travels San Cataldo Skiing trip to Norway and conference in Italy On Law and Justice University of Illinois Constitutional law A sea-change in constitutional law The Iceland sagas Special government advisor and easy money The Provincial Chamber of Commerce Legal philosophy and the international network

11 Index Alf Ross and the international network Herbert Hart and Richard M. Hare Court of Human Rights judge er Goodbye to the university The letter from Ulrik Ross Farewell speeches and farewell conversations The youth revolt Legal Philosophy and criminal law Legal Philosophy and the new era Criminal law A book dedication with consequences Social commentator A greeting to Fanny Hill Alf Ross and the EC Berufsverbot The role as a mentor and an academic paragon Mentor The trip to Norway Nils Kristian Sundby Life and death er w o or o r e o Credo Ija Lazari-Pawlowska That was it. Thank you for your attention o e

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