JUTINTRO autumn 2007: INTRODUCTION TO THE NORWEGIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
NOTE- handouts which have been distributed by Caroline Taube during the lectures
Excerpts from “There shall be freedom of expression” Proposed
new Article 100 of the Norwegian Constitution. Report of commission
appointed by Royal Decree on 26 August 1996, Ministry of Justice and
the Police 2005 [20 pages]
Eivind Smith: “Courts and Parliament: The Norwegian System of Judicial
Review of Legislation” in: Eivind Smith (ed.): The Constitution as an Instrument
of Change (SNS Förlag, Stockholm 2003) pp. 171-187 [16 pages]
Outline for the lectures:
1 October
Sources of Law I
Reading assignment: Johs. Andenæs, Introduction to the Study of Law
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
3 October
Sources of Law II
Reading assignment: Johs. Andenæs, Introduction to the Study of Law
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
5 October
Constitutional Law I
The Sources of Constitutional Law, Constitutional amendments
Reading assignment: the Constitution of Norway generally and articles 1, 93
and 112 more specifically, Wilberg & Andenæs, The Constitution of Norway
(1987) pp. 9-19, 137-139, H.C. Bugge, “Constitution” and “Constitutional
Law” in Norway”, E. Smith, “European Integration and the Constitution of
Norway”.
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
10 October
Constitutional Law II
The Parliamentary system, Political organs I
Reading assignment: the Constitution of Norway part B, Wilberg & Andenæs,
The Constitution of Norway (1987) pp. 21-25, 47-55.
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
2 November Constitutional Law III
Political Organs II
Reading assignment: the Constitution of Norway part C, Wilberg & Andenæs,
The Constitution of Norway (1987) pp. 21-25, 63-66, 87-90.
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
7 November Constitutional Law IV
Human rights
Reading assignment: the Constitution of Norway articles 2, 50, 53 and part E,
Wilberg & Andenæs, The Constitution of Norway (1987) pp. 20, 107-109, 117120, 128-129, “There shall be freedom of expression” Proposed new Article
100 of the Norwegian Constitution pp. 9-14, 27-40, E. Smith, “Constitutional
Protection of Minorities: The Rights and Protection of the Sami population in
Norway”.
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
9 November Constitutional Law V
The judiciary & judicial review of legislation
Reading assignment: the Constitution of Norway part D, E. Smith, “Courts
and Parliament: The Norwegian System of Judicial Review of Legislation”.
Lecturer: Caroline Taube
Reading list
Part1: Sources of Law [ca. 100 pages]
Johs Andenæs: Introduction to the Study of Law [Innføring i rettsstudiet] Institutt for offentlig
retts skriftserie nr. 3/2000
Part 2: Legal history [ca. 186 pages]
Gudmund Sandvik: Norway, History of. Encyclopædia Britannica (1990) pp. 1033-1038 [ca.
20 pages]
Dag Michalsen: Law, Legal Science and the Norwegian Society. Institutt for offentlig retts
skriftserie nr. 2/1998, chapters 1-4 [116 pages]
Vilhelm Aubert: Continuity and Development in Law and Society (1989) ch. 17-18 (on the
history of the legal profession in Norway) [ca. 50 pages]
Part 3: Constitutional Law [134 pages]
The Constitution of Norway (English translation)
Excerpts from “There shall be freedom of expression” Proposed new Article 100 of the
Norwegian Constitution. Report of commission appointed by Royal Decree on 26 August
1996, Ministry of Justice and the Police 2005 [20 pages]
Excerpts from Ingeborg Wilberg and Mads T. Andenæs: The Constitution of Norway. A
Commentary (1987) [46 pages]
Hans Chr. Bugge: “ ‘Constitution’ and ‘Constitutional Law’ ” in Norway. In: E. Smith (ed.):
Constitutional Justice under Old Constitutions (The Hague/London/ Boston, 1995: Kluwer
Law International) pp. 293-310 [18 pages]
Eivind Smith: “Courts and Parliament: The Norwegian System of Judicial Review of
Legislation” in: Eivind Smith (ed.): The Constitution as an Instrument of Change (SNS
Förlag, Stockholm 2003) pp. 171-187 [16 pages]
Eivind Smith: Constitutional Protection of Minorities: The Rights and Protection of the Sami
Population in Norway. In: Scandinavian Studies in Law, Vol. 34-1990 (Stockholm) p. 235259 [24 pages]
Eivind Smith: European Integration and the Constitution of Norway, in: Ewa Poplawska (ed.):
The National Constitutions and European Integration (Warsaw, 1995: Wydawnictwo
Naukowe SCHOLAR) pp. 12-23 [10 pages]