The demand for the utilization of agricultural resources for non-food purposes, such as feedstock, has been on the rise globally in recent times. This article seeks to examine the underlying reasons behind the boom in agricultural crops for biofuel feedstock. Cognizant of this peak in demand, the article aims to show how the right to adequate food is being restrained by large-scale land acquisition ...

Artikkelen omhandler barns erstatningsansvar etter skadeserstatningsloven (skl.) § 1-1 generelt, og forholdet til oppreisningsansvaret spesielt – i lys av nyere rettspraksis. Forfatteren analyserer betydningen av barnets beste for tolkningen av regelen, og for den konkrete helhetsvurderingen. Forfatteren analyserer også rekkevidden av retningslinjene som er gitt i nyere praksis, og kommer med ...

The aim of this article is to explore the question of ecosystem governance in the Arctic, in light of the potential implications of the ongoing negotiations towards a new global treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction for ecosystem governance of the Arctic. A new global treaty will have inevitably significant implications for Arctic ...

Artikkelen problematiserer beskyttelse av fremtidige inntekter i relasjon til EMDs praksis om eiendomsvern etter EMK P1-1. Foranledningen er at problemstillingen har vært relevant for to nyere høyesterettssaker: HR-2017-2352-A (prostitusjons-saken) og HR-2018-1258-A (Gassled-saken). I prostitusjons-saken ble problematikken oversett, noe som har blitt kritisert. I Gassled-saken ble spørsmålet ...

Boken formidler ved korte brev inntrykk fra amerikansk historie, jus og samfunnsliv fra en forskningstermin ved George Washington University, 2005-06. Brevene – ca 50 i alt – er inndelt i følgende hovedkategorier: (1) statsstyret, (2) om høyesterett, (3) slaveri og borgerrettigheter, (4) liv og død, (5) utenriksforhold, (6) USA og EU, (7) penger, handel og økonomi og (8) diverse. I en innledning ...

Fisheries management has been a strongly contested aspect of the UK’s position in the EU since UK accession, with the fishing industry frequently questioning both the efficacy and fairness of arrangements. During the campaign for UK exit (Brexit) from the EU, and the subsequent negotiations of a new legal and political relationship from 2016 to 2020, senior UK political leaders strongly committed ...

This Chapter is devoted to issues relating to the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean and its negotiation that are of key importance to international fisheries law. It provides an overview of the Arctic Five and Five-plus-Five processes that culminated in the Agreement, as well as the Agreement’s institutional set-up and setting. These negotiation processes ...

Children`s right to respect for family life is widely recognised in Norwegian law. The specific provision on children’s human rights in the Norwegian Constitution, section 104, mentions family. In addition, section 102 states that everyone, including children, have a right to respect for private and family life. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (crc) and the European Convention on Human ...

This chapter consists of a comparative analyses of children’s constitutional rights in the Nordic countries. First, we analyse children’s constitutional rights in general in the Nordic countries to assess if and how a Constitution is in line with the child’s rights approach of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (crc). We build on a model developed by Conor O’Mahony that measures the protection ...