Tag: courts
Legal community condemns Turkey
Norway's entire legal community, represented by professional organizations for the country's judges, legal scholars and attorneys, has sent a letter to Foreign Minister Børge...
Addicts can be sentenced to treatment
Norway's conservative minority government, with support from most all other parties in Parliament, is making it possible for courts to sentence drug-addicted convicts to treatment...
Courts may cut jobs, too
The state agency running Norway's courts (Domstoladministrasjonen) reports that it may need to impose a hiring freeze and reduce staffing in order to save...
Public defenders stay off the job
Norwegian lawyers who serve as state-paid public defenders were refusing to answer calls to duty this week, after years of frustration over relatively low...
Creative cooperation screeches to a halt
What started as a creative cooperation between the late Norwegian artist and author Kjell Aukrust and filmmaker Ivo Caprino has braked to a halt in an...
Norway ‘broke human rights’
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Norway violated the human rights of businessman Hroar Hansen when its courts threw out his...
Stream of new laws takes effect
Smokers now face even more restrictions in Norway, criminals face some tougher punishments and a variety of new workplace laws took effect this week....
Breivik’s judge wins high court seat
Oslo City Court Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen has been nominated for one of two seats available on Norway's Supreme Court, with her confirmation expected...
Breivik’s judge seeks High Court post
Oslo City Court Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, who won widespread praise for her handling of the lengthy and difficult lawsuit against mass murderer Ander...
Jury’s out on Norwegian courts
Norway's jury system could be set for an overhaul after the Conservative party (Høyre) gained more support for its push to change juries' role...
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