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    Publications

    El rol de la Suprema Corte en la Consolidación Democrática de México

    A recently edited book that examines the role of the Mexican Supreme Court in the transition to democracy.

    The Child’s Opinion and Position in Care Order Proceedings

    Marit Skivenes has together with Anne-Mette Magnussen published an article on “The Child’s Opinion and Position in Care Order Proceedings: An Analysis of Judicial Discretion …

    Judicial Instability and Endogenous Constitutional Change: Lessons from Latin America

    Andrea Castagnola has together with Aníbal Pérez-Liñán published an article on Judicial Instability and Endogenous Constitutional Change in Latin America.

    Projects

    Truth and Reconciliation in a Democratic Welfare State: The Indigenous Sami and the Kven/Norwegian Finns Minority in Norway (TRUCOM)

    This project will study how Norway – a well-established democratic welfare state – attempts to settle the negative effects of long-lasting policies of assimilation and …

    The Mexican Supreme Court and the Transition to Democracy

    After more than 70 years of uninterrupted authoritarian government headed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), in 2000 the country formally began the transition to …

    Manipulating Courts in New Democracies. Forcing Judges off the Bench in Argentina

    This is a solo book manuscrit published by Routledge 2018. Abstract: When do a justice leave office? Typically, a justice with life tenure would leave …

    The Political Role of the South African Courts

    This research project (2002-5), was a collaboration with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Johannesburg) investigating the role played by courts in the linked processes of …

     

    News

    Interview with Andrea Castagnola about her new publication

    Andrea Castagnola is an assistant professor at the School of Politics and Government at Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina. In her new book “Manipulating …

    Events

    Promoting justice during conflict

    Date: Wednesday 20 November Time: 08:30-09:30 Venue: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 How do diasporas promote transitional justice during conflict? Transitional justice is most often treated …

    Women on the Bench

    Date: Wednesday 22 August Time: 14:00–15:00 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen How is it to be a woman judge? What …