BOOK: Andrew R. C. SIMPSON and Jørn ØYREHAGEN SUNDE (eds.), Comparative Perspectives in Scottish and Norwegian Legal History, Trade and Seafaring, 1200-1800 (Edinburgh: University Press, 2023). ISBN: 9781399503877, pp. 344, £95.00

 

(Source: Edinburgh UP)

ABOUT THE BOOK

There were significant points of contact and similarities in the ways in which the laws of Scotland and Norway developed. The Treaty of Perth of 1266 was of significance in the state formation of both countries, and in the determination of their territorial boundaries. The laws and customs applicable in the Orkneys and the Shetlands remain distinctive due to Norse influence, centuries after those islands became subject to Scottish sovereignty. The extensive trading links between two countries united by the North Sea raises the question of how trade between the territories was regulated.

This book brings together experts in Norwegian and Scottish legal, economic and political history to explore these points of contact. It breaks new ground, considering Scots law in terms of its historical interactions and similarities with another national legal system, rather than in terms of its place at the intersection between the common law and the civilian traditions.

• Edited by Andrew R. C. Simpson, University of Edinburgh, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, Universitetet i Oslo.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction - by Andrew R C Simpson, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, pp 1-32

PART 1 - The Medieval Period, ca. 1200–ca. 1500, pp 33-34

1 - The Treaty of Perth: Union of the realm and the king’s law - by Erik Opsahl, pp 35-62

2 - The Treaty of Perth: Union of the realm and the laws of the kingdom - By Dauvit Broun, pp 63-94

3 - Law and Administrative Change in Norway, Twelfth–Fourteenth Centuries - by Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, pp 95-121

4 - Law and Administrative Change in Scotland, Twelfth–Fourteenth Centuries - by Alice Taylor, pp 122-154

5 - Urban Legal Procedure in Fourteenth Century Norway - by Miriam Jensen Tveit, pp 155-180

6 - Urban Legal Procedure in Fourteenth Century Scotland: A fresh look at the 1317 court roll of Aberdeen - by Andrew R. C. Simpson, pp 181-208

PART 2 - The Early Modern Period, ca. 1500–ca. 1800, pp 209-210

7 - War and Peace: Scottish-Norwegian relations in the early modern period (ca. 1520–1707)- by Steve Murdoch, pp 211-231

8 - Traders and Immigrants: A Norwegian perspective on Scottish-Norwegian economic relations from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century - by Per G Norseng, pp. 232-271

9 - Norm and Fact: Timber trade in early modern western Norway (1530–1730) - by Sören Koch, pp 272-296

10 - The Law and Economy of Shipwreck in Scotland during the Sixteenth Century - by J. D. Ford, pp 297-321

Index, pp 322-332

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BOOK: Lisa COLLINSON, Torgeir LANDRO and Bertil NILSSON (Eds.), The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law - The Laws of Eastern Norway (London: Routledge, 2020). ISBN 9780367646424, GBP 120.00

 

(Source: Routledge)

Routledge is publishing a new book on two medieval Norwegian laws.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law is dedicated to two closely linked medieval laws which were intended to cover adjacent legal provinces in eastern Norway, around and beyond the modern capital, Oslo.

 

The core of this book consists of new translations of the two laws, based on the recent editions and translations into modern Norwegian by Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen and Magnus Rindal. Individual rules cover subjects such as Church rites, prohibitions, property and payments, and shed light on medieval ideas relating to matters as diverse as disability, sexual relations, witchcraft, and forbidden foods. The volume contains a general introduction by Torgeir Landro and Bertil Nilsson, in addition to a translator’s introduction by Lisa Collinson, summarizing in English some of the information on manuscripts and relevant linguistic studies outlined by Halvorsen and Rindal. The translated texts in English are also supplemented by footnotes, supplying key readings from the original, in some cases with significant variants from relevant manuscripts.

 

With a commentary on the individual chapters after each translation, drawing on recent scholarship on medieval law, Church history, and other relevant historical fields, this book is an ideal resource for students and scholars of medieval Norwegian legal history.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Lisa Collinson is Research Lead for Museums and Special Collections, University of Aberdeen. Her previous work has examined the legal and literary history of medieval Scandinavia and the British Isles.

Torgeir Landro is Associate Professor at NLA University College, Norway. His previous publications deal with the reception of canon law in medieval Norway.

Bertil Nilsson is Professor Emeritus of History of Christianity at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His previous publications deal with medieval canon law as well as the way in which the encounter between religions developed during the process of Christianization in the Scandinavian kingdoms.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A general introduction to the Medieval Nordic Laws translations

Foreword

Part I: General Introduction

Part II: Translator’s Introduction

Part III: The Borgarthing Law

Part IV: Notes on the Text

Part V: The Eidsivathing Law

Part VI: Notes on the Text

Part VII: Sources, literature, and abbreviations

Glossary

Index

 

 

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BOOK: Hans Petter GRAVER (Melanie HACK Transl.), Der Krieg der Richter Die Deutsche Besetzung 1940-1945 und der norwegische Rechtsstaat,. (Baden-Baden: Nomos , 2019). ISBN 978-3-8487-5475-5, €84.00

(Source: Nomos)

Nomos has published a new book (translated to German from Norwegian) on the German and Norwegian courts during the time of Nazi occupation.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Hans Petter Graver, Seines Zeichens Ordinarius am Institut für Privatrecht der Universität Oslo, arbeitet in seinem Buch „Richter im Krieg“ die Rolle der deutschen und norwegischen Gerichte während der Besatzungszeit von 1940 bis 1945 auf. „Furchtbare Juristen“ verrichteten während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auch in Norwegen ihren „Dienst“, allen voran jene des Reichskriegsgerichts, des SS- und Polizeigerichts Nord sowie diverser Sondertribunale und Standgerichte. Während die Nazifizierung nicht zuletzt durch den Nasjonal Samling fast das gesamte Rechtswesen erfasste, gab es auch Protest in der Richterschaft. Wie ist jedoch der relativ geringe Widerstand zu erklären? Wie ließen sich „nationalsozialistischer Geist“ mit richterlichem Selbstverständnis und professionellem Berufsethos vereinbaren? Hans Petter Graver gibt nun auch für die Leserschaft im deutschsprachigen Raum einen spannenden Einblick in eine Zeit voller Gewissensfragen.

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