 If anything, non-cognitivist ideas play an even more striking role in Olivecrona’s mature legal philosophy, notably as set out in the Second Edition of Law as Fact. Unsatisfied with efforts to reduce talk of legal rights to claims about naturalistic states of affairs, Olivecrona ultimately concludes that the word “right,” as commonly used, does not signify anything and lacks semantic reference (1971, pp. 183–184). In the first instance, he argues, statements about legal rights serve a directive function, though they can also indirectly serve to communicate information about actual (naturalistic) facts. Ultimately, Olivecrona extends this analysis to legal language in general, concluding: “Legal language is not a descriptive language. It is a directive, influential language serving as an instrument of social control” (1971, p. 253). Lest there be doubts about how far Olivecrona took this idea, he went on to observe that on his account, “Citizen, government, parliament, law, right, duty, marriage, elections, taxes, corporations, and princess all belong to th[e] category” of “words which…lack semantic reference” (1971, p. 255). Thus, Olivecrona found no place for many of the “things” legal language is ostensibly “about” in the world of facts that he countenanced as an S-naturalist. As so often happens with philosophers who embrace non-cognitivism about some domain of thought and talk, however, Olivecrona was equally insistent that legal language and ideas do find a place in reality. He accordingly devoted considerable attention to describing the function of legal language in society—concluding, ultimately, that “legal language plays a vital role” as “an instrument of social control,” “for keeping the peace, as well as for sending men to death on the battlefield” (1971, p. 254). Insofar as there is some contemporary interest in expressivist and/or non-cognitivist accounts of legal thought and talk, therefore, Scandinavian Realism may offer interesting intellectual-historical reference points (and possibly substantive inspiration) for the further development of such ideas.