Constitutional reforms in the Nordic countries and elsewhere underlie the ever-growing relevance of constitutions in domestic and international politics.
Comparative constitutional scholarship is currently enjoying a renaissance amongst lawyers and social scientists with several significant books in the past year exploring comprehensively methodological, theoretical, jurisprudential and empirical questions.
The seminar is hosted by the Department for Public Law and the Forum for Law and Social Science.
Program
Day 1, Juridisk eksamenssal:
Opening Session
13:00-14:45
Welcome / Chair
Malcolm Langford, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Interpreting the New Norwegian Bill of Rights
Arnfinn Bårdsen, Justice, Supreme Court of Norway
Automated Content Analysis: The Future of Empirical Legal Studies?
David Law, Professor, Sir Y.K. Pao Chair in Public Law, University of Hong Kong
The Public Law of Gender in Comparative Perspective
Katherine Young, Associate Professor, Boston College
Studying Comparative Constitutionalism
15:15-17:00
Chair: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Associate Professor, University of Oslo
Historical Approaches
Dag Michalsen, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Qualitative Approaches
Andrea Castagnola, Postdoc, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
Experimental Approaches and Mixed Methods
Malcolm Langford, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Reception and Dinner
18:00
Day 2, Professorboligen:
New Nordic Bills of Rights
9:00-11:30
Chair: Vibeke Blake Strand, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Nordic Constitutionalism(s) in a European and Historical Perspective
Johan Strang, Lecturer, Centre for Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki
Norway
Benedikte Høgberg, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Sweden
Johan K. Schaffer, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg
Iceland
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir, Professor, Reykjavik University, School of Law
Commentator: Christoffer C. Eriksen, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
11:30-12:00 European Constitutions in the Age of Brexit
Finn Arnesen, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo