Scientific publications

Ragna Aarli & Anne Sanders. (Eds): Courts in Evolving Societies

Courts in Evolving Societies. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff. 2020.

The challenges courts face today all over the world can only be solved inclose cooperation between judges and academics which crosses national borders. The anthology brings judges and academics together for a dialogue on judicial reforms. The book presents contributions by the judges on their judicial systems (China, Germany, Slovenia, England and Wales and Norway). The contributions by the academics take up different themes which have emerged in the country reports: The topics include comparative, normative and organisational perspectives on national court systems as well as international perspectives on courts as guarantors of individual rights in an increasingly globalised rule-of-law framework.

Ragna Aarli & Arne Krokan: Den digitale dommer

Den digitale dommer: Om endring av arbeidsprosesser i domstolene, in Lov og Rett 03/2020 Volum 59.

The article studies status, opportunities and challenges tied to digial transformation of working processes in the courts. First and foremost it points to digitiziation as a way to finding solutions for interaction between humans and technology, and that technology may be used in four different ways: support existing working processes, contribute to new working processes, take over the judge's tasks and ensure the quality of the judge's decision. 

Synne Sæther Mæhle & Ragna Aarli: Fra lov til rett

Fra lov til rett. 2. utgave, 2017. 

The book explains fundamental features of legal rules, why we need such rules and how they are made.