Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law is a
foundation affiliated to the Law Faculty at
Stockholm University
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, ...
. The overall objective of the Institute is to disseminate knowledge about Scandinavian law and jurisprudence abroad by presenting Scandinavian law and legal theory to a wide readership in the English language. The Institute publishes ''Scandinavian Studies in Law'' (Sc.St.L.), a series of books presenting articles by Scandiavian jurists and legal experts.
The Institute is led by an editorial board. The work is administrated by an appointed editor, and all activities of the Institute are conducted under the auspices of the Stockholm University's Law Faculty. The Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law was established in 1956. The founder of the Institute was the late professor
Folke Schmidt, a revered scholar at the Stockholm University.
Scandinavian Law
In this context,
Scandinavia
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is used as a generic term denoting five European countries:
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
,
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...
, and
Sweden
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. Denmark, Finland and Sweden are members of the European Union, Norway and Iceland are related to the community law via the EEA-agreement, creating the
European Economic Area
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. Geographically, the Scandinavian peninsula comprises Norway and Sweden and the northernmost part of Finland.
To a large extent the Scandinavian countries have a common legal tradition and a history of extensive co-operation in many administrative matters. The Scandinavian countries share to a large extent their history, and are closely related by language and culture. Scandinavian law reflects therefore vivid traditions in legislative, administrative, and jurisprudential matters.
''Scandinavian Studies in Law''
The Institute publishes ''Scandinavian Studies in Law'' (Sc.St.L.), a series of books comprising articles on a variety of legal subjects. The Institute is led by an editorial board. The work is administrated by an appointed editor, and all activities of the Institute are conducted under the auspices of the Stockholm University's Law Faculty.
The series presents articles by Scandinavian jurists and lawyers. The first volume of Sc.St.L. was published in 1957. Since the beginning of the series more than 600 articles have been published. Volumes 1-37, issued between 1957 and 1993, were yearbooks of a conventional kind, each reflecting a variety of legal topics. Beginning with volume 38 the material in the series has been arranged according to topic. A strategy making it possible to present more thorough and updated descriptions of developments in different legal sub-fields.
Editor and Editorial Board
The editor and editorial board of Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law is appointed by the Stockholm University's Law Faculty. Editors of the series have been
Folke Schmidt, Professor of Private Law (1956-1980);
Anders Victorin, Professor of Private Law (1980-1995); and
Bill W. Dufwa, Professor of Insurance Law. The present editor is:
Peter Wahlgren, LL.D., Professor, Law and Information Technology.
The present members of the editorial board are:
Ulf Bernitz, LL.D., Professor emeritus in European Law, Stockholm University;
Peter Seipel
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
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, LL.D., Professor in Law and Information Technology, Stockholm University; and
Said Mahmoudi, LL.D., Professor in International Law, Stockholm University.
Financial support for the publishing of the series Scandinavian Studies in Law has been provided by the
Association for the Publishing of Svensk Juristtidning
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Edvard Cassel Foundation
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* Edvard Askeland (born 1954), Norwegian jazz musician
* Edvard Befring (born 1936), Norwegian educationalist
* Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), Czech politician
* Edvard Christian Danielsen (1888–1964), ...
, the
Emil Heijne Foundation
Emil or Emile may refer to:
Literature
*''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*''Emil and the Detective ...
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, and the Stockholm University Law Faculty Publishing Trust.
The Advisory Committee consists of
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* Viðar Örn Kjartansson (born 1990), Icelandic footballer
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, Iceland,
Ruth Nielsen
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:
Places
France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
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, Denmark,
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, Finland, and
Ole-Andreas Rognstad, Norway.
Contributors
The series Scandinavian Studies in Law presents articles by Scandinavian jurists and legal experts. The series covers all aspects of the law. The vast majority of the contributions are written by academic scholars. Occasionally, articles by distinguished practitioners are also presented.
Most of the articles presented in the series have never been published before, while some articles, previously published in the Scandinavian countries, have been updated and translated into English for the present series.
Content
Volume 1-37 are available in full-text format at th
Institute's homepage As new volumes are being published, more volumes are added to the full-text section. Recent volumes:
* Volume 38
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* Volume 39
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* Volume 40
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* Volume 41
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* Volume 42
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* Volume 43
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* Volume 44
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* Volume 45
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* Volume 46
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* Volume 47
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* Volume 48
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* Volume 49
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* Volume 50
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* Volume 51
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* Volume 52
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