Objektivitet er en av rettssikkerhetens mest fundamentale prinsipper og gjelder for hele straffesakskjeden fra mistanke om straffbar handling til dom. Kravet om objektivitet henger sammen med den materielle sannhets prinsipp ...

In the 2012-2013 legal year, eight cases from the Supreme Court concerned jurisdiction and devolution issues. Three concerned the competencies of devolved legislatures, two the right to appeal from Scottish courts, and ...

In situations where an applicable norm of IHL and an equally applicable norm of IHRL seem to be in conflict with each other it is often unclear how to solve the apparent norm conflict. The principle of best protection ...

Atrocious crimes have been committed in the course of several wars that plagued the course of history. Consequently, a crusade over several centuries culminated in a treaty – the Rome Statute which for the first time in ...

Skattespørsmål knyttet til aksjonærs private bruk av eiendel eid av selskap ble vurdert av Høyesterett i Storhaugen-dommen i 2003 og senere i en rekke dommer. Artikkelen argumenterer for at den såkalte Storhaugen-metoden ...

The prohibition of the use of force is generally considered to be a jus cogens rule, which would mean that it does not permit any derogation, neither by consent nor by treaty. Yet multiple apparent derogations from the ...

This thesis aims to to examine IHL and ICL in order to establish how these areas of law deal with the principle of proportionality. It aims to reply to the question if recent case law of the ICTY establishes a new direction ...

This study is an attempt to examine the legal status under International Humanitarian Law of children in situations of attack on targets involving them. The thesis will also explore other relevant rules of International ...

This thesis addresses an issue of public interests, in particular the protection of environment, fundamental right of people to adequate conditions of life in an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and ...