This article explores some of the ways in which marine genetic resources conceptually and normatively intersect with the concept and idea of commons. Through an analysis of the terminological ambiguities and semantic slippages characterizing the usage of the concept of commons in international law, the article addresses questions relation to the idea of global commons and to the multiple reciprocal ...

Climate-smart solutions and practices have the potential to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of achieving zero hunger; ensuring healthy lives and promoting the wellbeing of humans, animals, and plants; reducing ocean overharvesting and overfishing; tackling climate change; driving economic growth; and promoting innovation. Achieving these goals will require searching for, ...

Avhandlingen behandler de ulovfestede reglene om condictio indebiti. Reglene kan benyttes som rettslig grunnlag for et tilbakesøkingskrav dersom en betaler har prestert en ytelsen han helt eller delvis ikke var forpliktet til å prestere. Avhandlingen gir en helhetlige fremstilling av temaet, med utgangspunkt i tre hovedproblemstillinger: (1) Hva som er de nærmere forutsetninger for anvendelsen av ...

At present, international law does not contain any one instrument that would have been designed to target the global plastics problem as a whole. Existing efforts remain fragmented and fail to establish a coherent legal regime, yet a globally recognized need to construct a coordinated and comprehensive international legal response exists. The problem and related regulatory challenges are tremendously ...

The starting point for this master thesis is the question of the role that tradition plays in fishing and how it can be translated into general international law. Fisheries activities have been carried out throughout history, however on a smaller and less industrial scale than nowadays. The issue of fishing practices is parallel to the extension of coastal States’ sovereignty and jurisdiction over ...

This chapter examines the development of fisheries regulation in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) from a constructivist approach. In doing so it provides important insights into how the construction of space is influenced by law making and institutional constraints, some of which reflect bias or imbalance in powers structures in international law. Many have defended law as a discreet and ...

The legal status of Svalbard and its competence to generate maritime zones has long been disputed. Article 1 of the Svalbard Treaty grants Norway sovereignty over the Archipelago and its territorial waters and Norway holds that the Archipelago constitutes a part of the natural prolongation of the mainland continental shelf and that the continental shelf therefore is subject to Norwegian legislation. ...

This thesis talks about the situation regarding ship breaking of vessels owned by EU owners. It assesses the current framework and its shortcomings, before offering possible solutions. It especially analyzes the most important instruments such as the Basel Convention and the Hong Kong Convention, which is not yet in force, besides EU legislation such as the EU Ship Recycling Regulation. The possibilities ...

The topic of the thesis is development of corporate social responsibility in a global context, and examines and compares the practice of CSR in different countries around the world. Furthermore, the question of whether or not CSR should be regulated by law is discussed.

Norwegian courts have been digitised at an unprecedented pace during the Covid-19 pandemic. Because case management hearings were already conducted remotely and expert witnesses were often examined remotely, the transition to fully remote hearings has been fairly smooth in Norway, as will be explained in Section 2. However, the implementation of new technology has entailed some difficulties, in ...