Ståle Eskeland (25 August 1943 – 26 December 2015) was a Norwegian jurist. Born in

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, he took the

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degree in 1970 and the

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degree in 1988. He was an

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in the sociology of law for some time, and has also worked in the

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, the

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and the

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. In 1990 he was appointed professor of jurisprudence at the

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. His juridical publications include ''Den psykiatriske pasient og loven'' (1983, 1994), ''Fangerett'' (1989), ''Økonomiske forbrytelser og straff'' (co-ed., 1994), ''Grunnloven og Schengensamarbeidet'' (1997) and ''Strafferett'' (2000). He is also known to the general public as a proponent to retry the case of

Fredrik Fasting Torgersen Fredrik Ludvig Fasting Torgersen (1 October 1934 – 18 June 2015) was a Norwegian man who was convicted of murder in 1958 in a much-debated case, and released from prison in 1974. Serving 16 years in prison before being released, he continuousl ...

. He died on 26 December 2015, aged 72.

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1943 births 2015 deaths Norwegian civil servants Norwegian legal scholars Academic staff of the University of Oslo People from Stavanger {{Norway-law-bio-stub