Syllabus/achievement requirements

Course description

For a decription of the elements and contents of this course (JUTINTRO), please look at this page; http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/jus/jus/JUTINTRO/

Two compendia ("Constitutional law" and "Legal History")are available for purchase at the bookstore "Gnist - Akademika" on the main Campus.

Dag Michalsen's: "Law, Legal Science and the Norwegian Society". Institutt for offentlig retts skriftserie nr. 2/1998, chapters 1-4 [116 pages] has not been reprinted in the compendia for the course. The book is available in the "Gnist" bookshop in Domus Media or at the Faculty Library

Achievement requirements

Legal History

A good knowledge of the following topics are required:

  • Law and legislation of high Middle Ages
  • The significance of Roman law in Norwegian legal history
  • The rulemaking and the constitutional role of the courts in 19th Cent.
  • Main features of the Scandinavian Legal Realism
  • The history of the legal profession in Norway

Sources of Law

A good knowledge of the following topics are required:

  • The structure of the legal system and of the sources of law
  • Legislation and other written legal norms
  • Interpretation of statutes
  • The role of "unwritten law"
  • The role of precedent and og the legal literature

Constitutional Law

A good knowledge of the following topics are required:

  • The structure and main contents of of the Constitution
  • The role of "unwritten norms" in constitutional law
  • The system of judical review of legislation and it's recent development-"Rights" and "Declarations" in the constitutional protection of the Sami minority
  • Constitutional aspects of European integration

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 [207 pages]

The Constitution of Norway (English translation)

Ingeborg Wilberg and Mads T. Andenæs: The Constitution of Norway. A Commentary (1987) [ca. 100 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: Judicial review of legislation in Norway - characteristics and recent trends. In: The Role of the Constitution in a Changing Society (Oslo: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1992) pp. 179-215 [35 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. 235-259 [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]

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