Bonum Certa Men Certa

The EPO's War on Justice and Assault on the Law -- Part 7: Calle's Strange Metamorphosis

Previously in this series:

Calle Josefsson
"Calle" Josefsson's tweeting career came to an abrupt halt in September 2016.



Summary: Sources believe the "legal anarchy" that EPOnia became notorious for, especially when it comes to handling referrals at the EPO's BoA, will become a dark legacy -- a legacy that would, if he was alive, disappoint even Josefsson's source of inspiration

As we saw in the last part, during his time as a Swedish judge, Josefsson participated quite enthusiastically in public discussions, including debates about the role of the judiciary in a democratic social order.

Amongst other things, he was fond of sounding the alarm about the dangers of "legal anarchy" in post-communist Eastern European countries such as Hungary and Poland.

"Whatever directions he may have received from his prospective EPOnian overlords, it is clear that "Calle" took a decision that it would be in his own interest to dial down his Habermasian dialectics and critiques of "legal anarchy"."However, he ceased "tweeting" abruptly in September 2016 and his Twitter account has remained inactive since then.

It might be nothing more than a coincidence, but the termination of his twittering activities occurred around the same time that he was being groomed for his future as "President of the Boards of Appeal" role at the EPO.

It's not clear whether there was a causal connection between these two events. But it's quite possible that Josefsson was given to understand by Battistelli and Kongstad that if he had aspirations to joining the EPO's senior management "mafia" he would have to curb his enthusiasm for open and transparent public debate about the role of the judiciary in a system based on the "rule of law".

Whatever directions he may have received from his prospective EPOnian overlords, it is clear that "Calle" took a decision that it would be in his own interest to dial down his Habermasian dialectics and critiques of "legal anarchy".

Since he joined the EPO as "President of the Boards of Appeal", Josefsson has kept his head down and has studiously avoided getting involved in any "political" discussions about the EPO's glaring governance deficits.

Jürgen Habermas
What would the philosopher Habermas make of Josefsson's collusion with the EPO's "legal anarchy"?



One wonders what his philosophical mentor Jürgen Habermas would make of this strange metamorphosis and how Habermas would judge Josefsson's silent and opportunistic collusion with the "legal anarchy" that prevails at EPOnia.

"One wonders what his philosophical mentor Jürgen Habermas would make of this strange metamorphosis and how Habermas would judge Josefsson's silent and opportunistic collusion with the "legal anarchy" that prevails at EPOnia."It's hard to believe that, during his student days in Sweden, the youthful "Calle" had something of a reputation as a radical and was associated with a group of libertarian left-wing student "intellectuals" who went on to become prominent figures in Swedish public life.

In the next part we will examine this little-known chapter in his personal biography.

Recent Techrights' Posts

The Debian Project Leader said the main thing Debian lacked was more contributors
The Debian Project Leader said the main thing Debian lacked was more contributors
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 28, 2023
IRC logs for Thursday, September 28, 2023
Links 28/09/2023: Openwashing and Patent Spam as 'News'
Links for the day
Links 28/09/2023: Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 and 9.3 Beta
Links for the day
We Need to Liberate the Client Side and Userspace Too
Lots of work remains to be done
Recent IRC Logs (Since Site Upgrade)
better late than never
Techrights Videos Will be Back Soon
We want do publish video without any of the underlying complexity and this means changing some code
Microsoft is Faking Its Financial Performance, Buying Companies Helps Perpetuate the Big Lies (or Pass the Debt Around)
Our guess is that Microsoft will keep pretending to be huge, even as the market share of Windows (and other things) continues to decrease
Techrights Will Tell the Story (Until Next Year!) of How Since 2022 It Has Been Under a Coordinated Attack by a Horde of Vandals and Nutcases
People like these belong in handcuffs and behind bars (sometimes they are) and our readers still deserve to know the full story. It's a cautionary tale for other groups and sites
Why It Became Essential to Split GNU/Linux Stories from the Rest
These sites aren't babies anymore. In terms of age, they're already adults.
Losses and Gains in an Age of Oligarchy - A Techrights Perspective
If you don't even try to fix something, there's not even a chance it'll get fixed
Google (and the Likes Of It) Will Cause Catastrophic Information Loss Rather Than Organise the World's Information
Informational and cultural losses due to technological plunder
Links 28/09/2023: GNOME 45 Release Party, 'Smart' Homes Orphaned
Links for the day
Security Leftovers
Xen, breaches, and more
GNOME Console Won’t Support Color Palettes or Profiles; Will Support Esperanto
Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
Let's Hope GNU Makes it to 100
Can GNU still be in active use in 2083? Maybe.
GNU is 40, Linux is Just 32
Today it's exactly 40 years since Richard Stallman sent a message regarding GNU
GNU/Linux and Free Software News Mostly in Tux Machines Now
We've split the coverage
Links 27/09/2023: GNOME Raves and Firefox 118
Links for the day
Links 27/09/2023: 3G Phase-Out, Monopolies, and Exit of Rupert Murdoch
Links for the day
IBM Took a Man’s Voice, Pitting Him Against His Own Work, While Companies Profit from Low-Effort Garbage Generated by Bots and “Self-Service”
Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer