Karl Johan Schlyter (1879 to 1959) was a Swedish lawyer and politician regarded as one of the most influential Swedish legal figures of his era, who served as Minister of Justice of Sweden from 1932 to 1936. He devoted his career to two major legal reforms, a revision of Swedish criminal procedure and a replacement for the Penal Law of 1864, chairing the Penal Law Commission that produced a proposed Protective Code in 1956. Schlyter argued for a welfare-oriented approach to criminal policy, publicly contending that prisons should hold only the small number of genuinely dangerous offenders rather than serve as the default response to crime.
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Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceKarlskrona city community 2 Place of Death Classification
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Was Karl Schlyter related to the legal historian Carl Johan Schlyter?
Yes. Carl Johan Schlyter was his grandfather.
Yes. Karl Schlyter's grandfather was Carl Johan Schlyter, who was the first professor of legal history in the law faculty of Lund University. The two share a surname and a Swedish legal background, so they are easy to confuse, but Karl (1879 to 1959) was the lawyer who served as Sweden's minister of justice from 1932 to 1936.
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He also served as the minister of justice in the period 1932-1936.
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Karl Schlyter (21 December 1879 - 25 December 1959) was a Swedish lawyer. He also served as the minister of justice in the period 1932-1936.
Introduction
Karl Schlyter (21 December 1879 - 25 December 1959) was a Swedish lawyer.
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was a Swedish lawyer
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Wikidata Q6168210, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1879
Wikidata Q6168210, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1879-12-21
Wikidata Q6168210, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1959
Wikidata Q6168210, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1959-12-25
Wikidata Q6168210, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Karlskrona city community
Wikidata Q6168210, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Sankt Matteus
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