Hans Petter Graver (born 5 November 1955) is a

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legal scholar. He serves as professor and was the dean at the

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between 2008 and 2015. He was replaced by Dag Michalsen.

Career

He is a son of Siren and Petter Graver, and a grandson of Torjus Graver. He obtained the

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degree in 1980 and the dr.juris degree in 1986. He served his

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as a lawyer at the Judge Advocate General's office. In 1981, he became research fellow at the Faculty of Law. He was an

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(barrister) at the

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1990–1992. Since 1993, he has been professor of law at the University of Oslo, first at the Department of Sociology of Law, then at the Centre for European Law, and since 2002 at the Department of Private Law. He is the faculty's

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since 2007. He is a member of the

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. From October–December 2016 he was a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study based at

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. He was awarded an

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at the

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in 2010, the

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in 2017, and the

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in 2020.

Books

*Judges Against Justice On Judges When the Rule of Law is Under Attack. Springer, 2015 . *Hva er rett. Universitetsforlaget, 2011. . *Rett, retorikk og juridisk argumentasjon. Keiserens garderobe og andre essays. Universitetsforlaget, 2010. . *Juridisk overtalelseskunst.

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, 2008. . *Alminnelig forvaltningsrett, 3rd ed. Universitetsforlaget, 2007. . *Rettsretorikk. En metodelære. Fagbokforlaget, 2007. . *Norsk konkurranserett, vol 2, Prosess og sanksjoner. Universitetsforlaget, 2006 (with Erling Johan Hjelmeng), . *National Judicial Reaction to Supranationality in the EC and the EEA. Universitetsforlaget, 2004 (editor). . *Alminnelig forvaltningsrett, 2nd ed., Universitetsforlaget, 2002. . *Materiell forvaltningsrett : med særlig vekt på grunnprinsippene. Universitetsforlaget 1996. . *Forvaltningsprosessen : lærebok i reglene om forvaltningens saksbehandling. Universitetsforlaget 1996. . *Forvaltningsrett i markedsstaten. Fagbokforlaget, 2002. . *Gjeldsordningsloven med kommentarer. Tano 1993. . *Sosiale rettigheter i gjeldsforhold : håndbok i gjeldsrådgivning. Tano 1992. . *Den juristskapte virkelighet. Tano, 1986. .

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Hans Petter Graver
University of Oslo 1955 births Living people Norwegian legal scholars Academics of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Fellows of the Institute of Advanced Study (Durham) {{Norway-law-bio-stub