News and Events
Activities in Norway:
Christmas Meeting 2011: The Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy's traditional Christmas Meeting was held on 1 December. Andreas Aure offered a presentation about the conditions for just war following the legal thinking of Hugo Grotius. Janne Haaland Matlary commented. Read more here
Summer Meeting 2011: The Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy's Summer Meeting was held on 16 June. Andreas Føllesdal held a presentation about different ways of justifying human rights philosophically; about how that choice of justification has bearings on the perceived content of human rights; and about the relation between philosophically justified human rights and (positive) international human rights conventions. Henrik Syse commented. Read more here
Christmas Meeting 2010: The Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy's Christmas Meeting was held on 3 December. Joel Samuelsson from the University of Uppsala held a presentation about interpretation of law (and in particular of contracts) centered around the expression "Interpretation is an art which cannot be captured in mechanical rules". Professor Alf Petter Høgberg commented.
On 1 September 2010 the Norwegian Association for Legal Philosophy co-arranged the Oslo conference European Law Post Lisbon, with almost 100 participants and guest lecturers from four countries. The conference had a legal-theoretical perspective on what is new in EU law since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. See full Programme here and abstracts of the conference presentations here.
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 Christoffer C. Eriksen held a presentation entitled “Habermasian legitimacy theory – outdated in a time of conflicts between National and International Law?”.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”).