News and Events
Activities in Norway:
NEW: European Law Post Lisbon - Conference on 1 September 2010, Oslo. It is our pleasure to invite members and non-members to participate at our European Law Post-Lisbon Conference. Please see the full Programme here.
• Speakers and commentators: Professor Hjalte Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen, Professor Joxerramon Bengoetxea, Oñati Inst. and University of the Basque Country, Professor Christoph Vedder, Univesity of Augsburg, Dr. Christian Franklin, University of Bergen, Dr. Christoffer Eriksen, Wikborg Rein Oslo, Professor Geir Ulfstein, Professor Mads Andenæs, Dr. Beate Sjåfjell and Research Fellow Jørgen Stubberud, all from the University of Oslo.
• Please register here by 15 August 2010. The conference is free, and lunch and reception is included.
• The conference will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, in the recently restored buildings from the 1850s. The conference is organized by the European Law Network at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo in cooperation with the Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy and the Norwegian Association for European Law, and with the support of "Privatrettsfondet" and the University of Oslo.
Summer Meeting 2010: At our Summer Meeting 7 June 2010, prof. Helge Høibraaten held a presentation about Carl Schmitt, state of emergency, terror and guerilla warfare (title: "Carl Schmitt om unntakstilstand, terror og geriljakrig"). Research fellow Erlend M. Leonhardsen commented before plenary discussion.
Extraordinary Meeting 10 March 2010: On 10 March 2010 Dr. Jens Petter Berg held a presentation about the ideals of value transparency and argument transparency in legal research (title: "Verdi- og argumenttransparens som forskningsideal i rettsvitenskapen"). Read more here (Norwegian only)
Christmas Meeting 2009: At our Christmas Meeting 9 December 2009, Dr. Christoffer C. Eriksen held a presentation entitled “Habermasian legitimacy theory – outdated in a time of conflicts between National and International Law?”. The presentation was given against the background of Eriksen’s PhD thesis The European Constitution, Welfare States and Democracy (University of Oslo, 2008). Professor Erik Oddvar Eriksen (ARENA) commented, before discussion in plenary.
Summer Meeting 2009: At our Summer Meeting 25 June 2009, Dr. Tarjei Bekkedal held a presentation entitled “Freedom and Equality in the European polity – a Legal-Philosophical Perspective”. The presentation was given against the background of Bekkedal’s book about Freedom, Equality and Community in the European Union (Frihet, likhet og fellesskap, Bergen 2008), which is based on Bekkedal's PhD thesis. Jørgen A. Stubberud commented before discussion in plenary.
Christmas Meeting 2008: On 9 December 2008, professor Svein Eng made a presentation of his outlook on the philosophy of law (”Mitt syn på rettsfilosofi”). Dr. Jens Petter Berg commented.
Christmas Meeting 2007: On 5 December 2007, professor Hans Petter Graver held a presentation about rhetorics and law, posing the question what room there is for emotions in legal decision-making (”Fra rettsretorikken – Juss og følelser: Hva er det legitime rom for følelser i rettslige beslutninger?”). Dr. Knut Bergo commented.
Summer Meeting 2007: On 7 June 2007, Anita Leirfall made a presentation about practical cognition and justification in Kant, with particular regard to legal reasoning (title: ”Praktisk erkjennelse og begrunnelse – et filosofisk eksempel med relevans for juridisk argumentasjon”).