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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The outbreak of the Zika virus infection in Latin America poses big challenges concerning public health in the region. Join us on 18 February for an interesting discussion with Camila Gianella and Lara Côrtes on several related topics from water supply and sanitation conditions to pregnancy and abortion rights.
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.
Camila Gianella, Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)/Centre on Law & Social Transformation will presents findings from the Abortion Rights Lawfare in Latin America research project in Oslo 15 February.
The PhD course offers an introduction to the debates on the potential and limits of law as an instrument of social change, and opportunities to engage with some of the foremost scholar in the field.
This roundtable brings together academics and judges over a discussion about the significance of judicial networks and the informal sources of – and threats to – judicial independence.