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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This FALQ post describes how (coalition) governments are formed in Norway, including when governments can be dissolved and what happens if a party decides to leave the coalition government.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
A photo of a Gol Stave Church in Oslo, Norway and a discussion about their preservation.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On May 1, 2024, the Norwegian Supreme Court Justice Normann turned 70 years old and, as a Norwegian state employee, will be forced to retire from Norway’s highest court. Next year, another justice, Arne Ringnes, turns 70. This has created two upcoming vacancies on the …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Forty years ago today, on February 4, 1981, Gro Harlem Brundtland became Norway’s first female prime minister (PM). Erna Solberg, Norway’s current PM, became the second woman to serve as PM when she was elected to this role following the 2013 national election. Norwegian Women’s Suffrage 2019 marked the centennial of women’s suffrage in the …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The other week I was lucky enough to attend an informative Power Lunch, hosted by the Law Library of Congress and presented by one of our legal analysts, Dr. Wendy Zeldin. Dr. Zeldin (who has a very impressive list of credentials, including a Masters and PhD degree from Harvard University) discussed the Norwegian Criminal Justice …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the Norwegian "Castbergian child laws" of 1915, which gave children born inside and outside of wedlock the same rights with respect to paternity, support, and naming as children born to married parents.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the Norwegian patent law in force when the Scandinavian Cheese Slicer (Ostehøvel) first got patented in 1925, 100 years ago this year.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
This post announces the publication of a report on jurisdictions that impose salary requirements on foreign mariners in their waters. It provides information on the conditions and type of wages paid under such requirements. The report is based on the findings of a multi-jurisdictional survey conducted by the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog posts gives an overview of the newly published Law Library report on permitted uses of antimicrobials in animal agriculture.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports