News archive for Faculty of Law

25. September 2019 the Norwegian China Law Centre had the honour of welcoming representatives from the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice to the Faculty of Law. The purpose of the meeting was the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice interest in learning about the Norwegian justice system.

Almost 60 students signed up for the two-week long elective course called Introduction to Chinese Law this semester.

If no agreement is reached by the parties in the annual wage negotiations there may be a strike at UiB as of Friday 24 May, which could have consequences for the upcoming exams.

Dr. Robert Taylor from the University of Aberdeen has visited the Faculty of Law. He also held a guest lecture about Brexit. The title of the lecture was «'Brexit: Where does Power lie under the UK Constitution”. You can see the whole lecture here.

A publication is done in honour of Ragnar Auglend on his 70th birthday. Professor Gert Johan Kjelby and professor Asbjørn Strandbakken has been guest editors of the publication.

The Norwegian China Law Centre was recently awarded NOK 300 000 through the InternAbroad programme.

The recordings of this years Bergen lecture, #MeToo, Implications for criminal law, is now available. The lecture was given by Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hörnle from the Humboldt University of Berlin. Bergen Lecture is a yearly happening arranged by The Research Group for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.

In the pacific ocean there are entire states in danger of being swalloved by the ocean. These small islands, marked as green and brown dots on the map, are now dissappearing. What will happen to the people who inhabit these islands, and what will happen to the maritime law?