Seminars

 Volume 70 Book Release Seminar 

Constitutional Law in the Scandinavian Countries: A Tribute to the Instrument of Government 1974-2024

When: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 9:00- 12:30 CET.
Where: Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) and Zoom
Register: here by 16 June 2023
More information: See here.

When the Swedish Instrument of Government was adopted in 1974, popular sovereignty and a strong Parliament (Riksdag) prevailed. The courts played a subordinate role, individual rights were less prominent, and constitutional cases were rarely adjudicated. Fifty years later, Sweden has moved from a separation of functions to a de facto separation of powers. Popular sovereignty remains firmly entrenched, but it has taken on a different meaning due to Sweden’s membership in the European Union (EU). Therefore, in 2010, the Instrument of Government was reformed, strengthening the position of the Swedish courts. The significance of individual rights has also increased as a result of Sweden’s EU membership, the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into Swedish law, and the expansion of Chapter 2 on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in the Instrument of Government.”

This volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Swedish Instrument of Government. Recent events, characterised by pandemics, terrorist threats, and repressive legislation to combat serious crime, demonstrate that constitutional issues are more relevant today than ever.

Welcome!

Professor Karin Åhman, Volume Editor and Associate Professor Lydia Lundstedt, General Editor

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Volume 69 Rule of Law: Book Release Seminar 

When: Wednesday, 16 August 2023 9:00- 12:30 Central European Time
Where: Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL), Universitetsvägen 10 C, Library Building, 6^th floor, large conference room and Zoom (a link will be sent to registered participants).

Please register by 14 August 2023.

If you would like to attend in person, please register by sending an email to sisl@juridicum.su.se. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please register here to receive a link.

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Rule of Law as a legal concept has been highly debated in the past decade, not least due to the current backslide in democratic ideals being witnessed in Europe and globally. While the Rule of Law is the backbone on which the modern state and its apparatus is built, what the concept actually entails remains rather unclear. Even non-democratic legal cultures often proclaim their adherence to the Rule of Law. In addition, it is an unsolved dilemma whether Rule of Law is the same or overlaps with the idea of Rechtsstaat.

In this sixty-ninth volume in the series, scholars from the Nordic countries reflect on whether and how the recent societal developments have affected the concept of Rule of Law within their respective fields. A recurring theme in the contributions is that the current Rule of Law debate has affected the Nordic legal orders not merely within individual legal fields, but in a more structural manner.

Some of the contributors will briefly present their most important conclusions.

• The Governing Idea of the Rule of Law by Hafsteinn Dan Kristjánsson BA, Mag.jur, MJur, L.LM., DPhil, Ass. Professor at the University of Iceland and Stipendiary Lecturer at Balliol College and St Anne’s College, Oxford
• Civil Procedure and the Rule of Law in Scandinavia by Anna Nylund, jur.dr., Professor of Procedural Law, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen
• Two Visions of Time: The Different Temporalities of the Rättsstat and the Rule of Law by Agnes Hellner, Senior Lecturer, Stockholm University Faculty of Law and Karolina Stenlund, Postdoctoral Researcher, EuroStorie – Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity, and the European Narratives, Helsinki University, funded by the Academy of Finland
• Tribunals in the Nordic States and Referrals to the European Courts by Graham Butler, Full Professor of Law, University of Southern Denmark
• Rule of Law and Judicial Independence in the EU: Lessons from the Union’s Eastward Enlargement and Ways Forward by Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Professor of European Law, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University
• Rule of Law and Public Administration in Sweden. Law, Politics, Culture by Richard Sannerholm, Juris Dr, associate professor in public administration, Södertörn University
• Artificial Intelligence Destroyed the Rule of Law? By Stanley Greenstein, LL.M., Dr., Faculty of Law, Stockholm University
• Rule of Law Rhetoric in Encryption’s ‘Going Dark’ Debate by Peter Alexander Earls Davis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Information and Innovation Law, University of Copenhagen
• Remarks on the Recent Rule of Law Debate in the Nordic States by Joakim Nergelius, Professor of Law, University of Örebro

The series Scandinavian Studies in Law is published by a non-profit trust. The first volume was presented in 1957 and to date almost 1000 articles have been published in the series. Find out more at scandinavianlaw.se.

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Volume 67 Animal Law and Animal Rights

Digital Book Release and Seminar

When: Monday, 29 March 2021, 12:00- 13:15 Central European Time

Where: Zoom (the link will be sent out to registered participants)

Please register here by 25 March 2021

Animal law – legal scholarship focusing on animals in their own right – is on the rise. Traditionally, animals have been hidden within more established fields of law. In property law, for instance, animals have simply been treated as pieces of property. However, an increasing number of scholars now understand the legal status of animals as a distinct legal issue.

This volume presents 13 articles on animal law and animal rights with professor Mauro Zamboni, Stockholm University and Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow Visa A.J. Kurki, University of Helsinki as the scientific coordinators. The contributions address these topics from a wide variety of angles.

The authors of four contributions will briefly present their most important conclusions.

• Beyond Law’s Anthropocentrism: A Sociolegal Reflection on Animal Law and the More-Than-Human Turn by Marie Leth-Espensen, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology of Law, Lund University and Måns Svensson, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology of Law and Dean of School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Halmstad University
• The Roles of the Finnish Authorities Specialising in Animal Welfare Offences by Tarja Koskela, LL.D., Senior Lecturer, Post-doctoral Researcher, UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland
• The Status of Animal Protection in Denmark by Søren Stig Andersen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
• Animal Rights and Rhetorical Topoi by Tero Kivinen, Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki

The series Scandinavian Studies in Law is published by a non-profit trust. The first volume was presented in 1957 and to date some 900 articles have been published in the series. Find out more at scandinavianlaw.se.

WARM WELCOME!