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"Nobels vilje" - "Nobel's Will"

Av och om den norske jurist Fredrik Heffermehl
og hans sensationelle bog


About Fredrik Heffermehl's sensational analysis of
the misuse of the most prestigeous peace prize ever


6. oktober 2008

Lige inden dette års fredspris offentliggøres publicerer den norske jurist, Fredrik Heffermehl, en sensationel analyse af forholdet mellem Nobels testamente og de valg den norske Nobelkommité faktik har gjort. Der er ringe sammenhæng, mener han, og påpeger at fredens forkæmpere for længe siden er blevet berøvet den mest prestigefyldte pris på området.

Vidarforlaget siger om den nye, superaktuelle bog:

- Nobels hensikt med fredsprisen er gått i glemmeboken; partipolitikerne har overtatt og gjort det til sin fredspris. I årene som er gått siden annen verdenskrig har over halvparten av fredspristildelingene vært i strid med elementære prinsipper for tolkning av testamenter. Dette fremholder juristen Fredrik S. Heffermehl i en ny bok, Nobels vilje, som foreligger 7. oktober, få dager før det blir kunngjort hvem som får Nobels fredspris for 2008.

- Den nye ordningen Stortinget innførte i 1948 er ulovlig, sier Heffermehl; plassene i komiteen blir fordelt i henhold til partigruppene, som tenker mer på å premiere egne veteraner enn på Nobels hensikt med prisen.

 

The intention behind Nobel´s Peace Prize has sunk into oblivion, the Norwegian parliamentarians he entrusted with the award of the prize have taken it over and made it their peace prize.

Since the end of WWII in 1946 well over half of the peace prizes have failed to respect elementary principles on the interpretation of wills.

This is asserted by Fredrik S. Heffermehl, a Norwegian lawyer, in a new book, Nobel´s Will, that is available in Norwegian on Oct. 7, few days before the announcement of the winner/s of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

- In 1948 the Norwegian parliament introduced a new procedure which is illegal, says Mr. Heffermehl, since the seats on the Nobel committee were allocated to the parties in parliament who have proved more concerned about the welfare of their own veterans than with Nobel´s intention and the content of the will.

Since WWII the secretaries of the Nobel committee have been educated in history and languages and, according to the book Nobel´s Will, the committee cannot have received proper advice regarding the applicable legal constraints.

The author describes the legal principles that the committee is obliged to respect, and on this basis he evaluates each of the prizes and to what extent the committee has given a tenable justification for the awards. Mr. Heffermehl´s conclusion is that the peace prize has removed itself more and more from the intention of Nobel; it has ceased to challenge the social forces it was established to combat.

 

Vi har her samlet nogle lænker så du kan følge denne uhyre interessante debat:

We have collected some of the central texts, interviews, reviews so you may follow this debate:

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Jan Øberg, TFF, skrev sidste år kritisk om denne institutions pris til Al Gore:

Last year Jan Oberg wrote a critical argument against Al Gore's being awarded the prize

"The Nobel Peace Prize 200/: A great misjudgement"

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"Nobelpriset till Gore - en allvarlig felbedömning"

National Public Radio


Information

The Nobel Peace Prize

Alfred Nobel's will

Fredrik Heffermehl - Dagbladet 7 juli 2008

 


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