Alf Ross and his legal philosophy

Abstract

The article has the ambition to present basic information of Alf Ross’s legal philosophy, focusing on his understanding of validity of law, concept of rights, coercion in law, as well as the purpose of the legal science from his point of view as a representative of Scandinavian Legal Realism. In addition, within the article principal facts concerning life of Alf Ross and also list of his most important publications are presented.

Keywords

• Alf Ross
• Scandinavian Legal Realism
• concept of law
• validity of law
• legal science