Han var opphavleg jurist, eksiltyskar, sosialdemokrat og professor på Columbia og hadde bak seg storverket Behemoth. The Structure and Practice of National Socialism (1942) då han skreiv essayet «On the Limits of Justifiable Obedience» i 1952.
1	Han	han	PRON	_	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	var	vere	AUX	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	opphavleg	opphavleg	ADJ	_	Definite=Ind|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	4	advmod	_	_
4	jurist	jurist	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	$,	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_
6	eksiltyskar	eksiltyskar	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	$,	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	_
8	sosialdemokrat	sosialdemokrat	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	og	og	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	_
10	professor	professor	NOUN	_	Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	på	på	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
12	Columbia	Columbia	PROPN	_	_	10	nmod	_	_
13	og	og	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hadde	ha	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	bak	bak	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	_
16	seg	seg	PRON	_	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	storverket	storverk	NOUN	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
18	Behemoth	Behemoth	PROPN	_	_	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	$.	PUNCT	_	_	18	punct	_	_
20	The	The	PROPN	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
21	Structure	Structure	PROPN	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
22	and	and	X	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
23	Practice	Practice	PROPN	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
24	of	of	X	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
25	National	National	PROPN	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
26	Socialism	Socialism	PROPN	_	_	18	flat:name	_	_
27	(	$(	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	1942	1942	NUM	_	Number=Plur|NumType=Card	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	)	$)	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	_
30	då	då	SCONJ	_	_	32	mark	_	_
31	han	han	PRON	_	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	skreiv	skrive	VERB	_	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
33	essayet	essay	NOUN	_	Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
34	«	$"	PUNCT	_	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	On	On	PROPN	_	_	32	obj	_	_
36	the	the	X	_	_	35	flat:name	_	_
37	Limits	Limits	X	_	_	35	flat:name	_	_
38	of	of	X	_	_	35	flat:name	_	_
39	Justifiable	Justifiable	X	_	_	35	flat:name	_	_
40	Obedience	Obedience	X	_	_	35	flat:name	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	»	$"	PUNCT	_	_	35	punct	_	_
42	i	i	ADP	_	_	43	case	_	_
43	1952	1952	NUM	_	Number=Plur|NumType=Card	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	$.	PUNCT	_	_	4	punct	_	_
