Alf Ross
- Jurist
- Alf Ross
- School
- Scandinavian Realism (Predictive Theory)
- Theory
- Scandinavian Legal Realism; predictive theory — a norm is valid law if it will be applied by courts.
- Quote
The doctrinal study of law is an empirical social science.
- Books
On Law and Justice (1958), Directives and Norms (1968), A Textbook of International Law
- Propounded
Predictive theory of legal validity; Scandinavian Legal Realism
- Born
- 1899
- Died
- 1979
- Portrait
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