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Scandinavian realism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Stig Strömholm
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Abstract

This is an account of the jurisprudence expounded by the Swedes Axel Hägerström, Wilhelm Lundstedt, Karl Olivecrona and the Dane Alf Ross. The characteristic features of this school of legal science are the firm rejection of idealism and conceptualism and a sociological approach to legal phenomena. Severe criticism has been directed against the way in which, particularly, Swedish Social Democrats made use of the tenets of Realism in justifying legislative measures in certain areas.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1994 , pp. 193 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1994

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