News archive for Faculty of Law

Seeking clarification of criminal law’s understanding of mental illness (28.06.2024)

Professor Linda Gröning at UiB is among the leading researchers in questions related to criminal responsibility and criminal insanity. She is concerned about discrimination and injustice in the legal system if it does not rely on updated knowledge about mental illness - and finds it urgent to clarify how mental illness is relevant to criminal responsibility.

Article: Frede Castberg (1893–1977): A Call for Moderate Constructivism in Nordic and International law, by Sören Koch (24.06.2024)

Professor Sören Koch has published an article about Professor Frede Castberg (1893-1977) and his influence on Norwegian legal culture.

Article: «Er livet et uavhendelig gode?», by Sören Koch (24.06.2024)

Professor Sören Koch has published an article about the Norwegian regulation of assisted dying in light of national and international developments.

Hope, science and summer research school (04.06.2024)

“There is hope in science and research”, said Rector Margareth Hagen in her welcome address to the one hundred PhD candidates from more than thirty countries taking part in the seventeenth Bergen Summer Research School.