Info meeting: Volunteer for the Bergen Exchanges 2016!

Interested in dynamics of law and social change, or interdisciplinary research? Volunteer for the Bergen Exchanges 2016! Bergen Exchanges is a weeklong event hosted annually by Centre on Law & Social Transformation. Through seminars, lectures and meetings, we invite academics, students and practitioners from all over the world to discuss potential and limits of law […]

Beyond the two-child policy: Family planning and the future of fertility in Asia

Stuart Gietel-Basten, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, with Ragnhild Muriaas, Department of Comparative Politics, UiB. While most developed Asian (and many European countries) are very concerned with prolonged low fertility, China anticipates a baby boom after lifting its two-child policy. Gietel-Basten will discuss how this is based on an incorrect view of what […]

Guardians of human rights in Norway: challenging mandates in a new era

Norway’s human rights regime changed with the 2014 constitutional reform and the establishment of the National Human Rights Institution (NIM). The changes come at a time when human rights values and obligations are questioned by refugee crisis and economic challenges. What are the implications for the protection of the recent changes for the human rights […]

Corruption and Criminal Justice

Why is criminal law regulation of corruption enforced so differently across countries? And if we could choose, what would optimal law enforcement solutions look like? This book explains why economists and legal scholars tend to have different answers to these questions – and why this is a problem. At present, there are severe shortcomings in […]

Film & reflection: “Democrats” – constitution-making in Zimbabwe

How do two former political enemies deliver a new constitution for Zimbabwe, a country governed by the infamous political leader, Robert Mugabe, for almost 30 years? “Democrats” won the 2015 Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca film festival in New York. The film portrays how the Zimbabwean political elite fight the battle over the founding […]

Film screening: Sisters in Law (2005)

Come watch the screening of the movie “Sisters in Law” starring prosecutor Vera Ngassa and court president Beatrice Ntuba, who help women speak out against oppression, abuse and discrimination, in Kumba Town, Cameroon. The movie will be followed by a panel debate on whether social change can be achieved through the court-room and to what extent gender matters for judicial decision-making.