The ‘Gældende’ Affair (Part II)

As we have seen in Part I, ‘gyldig’ and ‘gældende’ are two central concepts of the theory of law and of legal norms that Ross tried to advance in ORR. Most of the translations of these concepts make the mistake … Continued

The ‘Gældende’ Affair (Part I)

This blog post is an attempt to present succinctly the misadventures of the translation of a key term in Alf Ross’ most famous book – some would say, his best and most important one – Om ret og retfærdighed (originally … Continued