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View article: Nordic Family Mediation: Towards a System of Differentiated Services?
Nordic Family Mediation: Towards a System of Differentiated Services? Open
This contribution maps and analyses the definition, purpose, and content of alternative legal proceedings in custody conflicts in the various Scandinavian legal systems. It finds that such proceedings occur both as part of legal and social…
View article: Rethinking Nordic Courts
Rethinking Nordic Courts Open
Ius Gentium is a book series which discusses the central questions of law and justice from a comparative perspective.The books in this series collect the contrasting and overlapping perspectives of lawyers, judges, philosophers and scholar…
View article: Europeanisation of Nordic Civil Procedure: Does the Map Match the Terrain?
Europeanisation of Nordic Civil Procedure: Does the Map Match the Terrain? Open
EU law has a tangible influence on the civil procedure law in the Nordic countries. This chapter explores how EU civil procedure law is practised and perceived in the Nordic countries. First, a brief account of the manifold levels and type…
View article: Rethinking Nordic Courts: An Introduction
Rethinking Nordic Courts: An Introduction Open
Europeanisation, globalisation, privatisation, diversification and digitisation are trends that all exert an influence on courts and the justice system. Still, our understanding of the interrelationship between these currents in the legal …
View article: The Past, Present and Future of Nordic Courts
The Past, Present and Future of Nordic Courts Open
Based on the insights from the previous chapters in this volume, this concluding chapter discusses key traits of Nordic courts: colloquial legal language, generalist judges, ‘unrefined’ and fragmentary laws, high trust in the state and jud…
View article: Institutional Aspects of the Nordic Justice Systems: Striving for Consolidation and Settlements
Institutional Aspects of the Nordic Justice Systems: Striving for Consolidation and Settlements Open
This chapter maps the structure of the Nordic justice systems and explores whether and why one could argue that there is a ‘Nordic’ structure. The aim is also to examine recent changes and to investigate whether these entail a cultural shi…
View article: Civil Procedure in Norway and Covid-19: Some Observations
Civil Procedure in Norway and Covid-19: Some Observations Open
The Norwegian government announced a partial lockdown of the country in the evening of 12 March 2020, urging citizens to work from home and restricting access to all public buildings.Compared to many other countries, the number of infected…
View article: Concluding Remarks on Covid-19 and Civil Justice
Concluding Remarks on Covid-19 and Civil Justice Open
The global fight against the coronavirus is not in a fixed status; on the contrary, things change on a daily basis.The short contributions in this document are snapshots and may be outdated rapidly.Nevertheless they provide an interesting …
View article: Civil Justice and Covid-19
Civil Justice and Covid-19 Open
The landscape of civil justice has changed rapidly in very short time. The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has an impact on civil cases on a global scale that could be characterised as unprecedented. Numerous countries across the globe are…
View article: Introduction to Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries
Introduction to Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries Open
This chapter discusses first the value of enshrining children’s rights in national Constitutions in addition to implementing the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. Second, it gives a brief introduction to the Nordic coun…
View article: Children’s Right to Participate in Decision-Making in Norway: Paternalism and Autonomy
Children’s Right to Participate in Decision-Making in Norway: Paternalism and Autonomy Open
This chapter examines whether including children’s participatory rights in the Norwegian Constitution has had any legal or practical impact. It uses Susan White’s typology of participation rights as a tool for examining whether children’s …
View article: Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries: Do Constitutional Rights Matter?
Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries: Do Constitutional Rights Matter? Open
This chapter consists of a comparative analyses of children’s constitutional rights in the Nordic countries. First, we analyse children’s constitutional rights in general in the Nordic countries to assess if and how a Constitution is in li…
View article: Comparing the Efficiency and Quality of Civil Justice in Scandinavia: The Role of Structural Differences and Definitions of Quality
Comparing the Efficiency and Quality of Civil Justice in Scandinavia: The Role of Structural Differences and Definitions of Quality Open
Most studies on the efficiency and quality of civil justices are limited to formal courts, although tribunals and other quasi-courts have a central role in resolving legal disputes in many European countries. Hence, significant parts of ma…
View article: Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries
Children’s Constitutional Rights in the Nordic Countries Open
This study explores whether and how enshrining children’s rights in national constitutions improves implementation and enforcement of those rights by comparing Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish law. Readership: All interest…
View article: Family Maintenance and Multi-Speed Integration: A Norwegian Perspective
Family Maintenance and Multi-Speed Integration: A Norwegian Perspective Open
Globalisation, free movement of labour and migration affect regulations on judicial co-operation and cross-border proceedings in family matters, including family maintenance. Since the turn of the millennium, EU (procedural) family law has…
View article: A Dispute Systems Design Perspective on Norwegian Child Custody Mediation
A Dispute Systems Design Perspective on Norwegian Child Custody Mediation Open
In this article, I analyse why and how the Norwegian child custody system fails to provide early resolution to many families. Resolution of these conflicts should be timely and adapted to the level and sources of conflict. Child custody me…
View article: Introduction to Nordic Mediation Research
Introduction to Nordic Mediation Research Open
This is an introduction to a collection of articles in the book Nordic mediation research. The background and history of mediation in the Nordic, or Scandinavian, countries is presented. The areas of mediation practice in the Nordic countr…
View article: Norway: An Insider Outside – or an Outsider Inside – European Civil Justice
Norway: An Insider Outside – or an Outsider Inside – European Civil Justice Open
Norway has stood on the doorsteps of the European Union (then the European Communities (EC)) for more than four decades. In 1960, Norway became one of the seven original members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a trade-blocal…
View article: Conclusions and Outlook
Conclusions and Outlook Open
The first and clear conclusion from the papers in this book is far from surprising: law of the European Union has impact on national civil procedure. This might concern primary EU law, secondary EU law, case law, fundamental legal principl…