Tukthuslovene Sivil Ulydighet Og Trusselen Mot Rettsstaten : The Penitentiary...

by Hans Petter Graver

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Tukthuslovene Sivil Ulydighet Og Trusselen Mot Rettsstaten : The Penitentiary Laws and Civil Disobedience in Norway 1, Hardcover by Graver, Hans Petter, ISBN 3031690540, ISBN-13 9783031690549, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Th addresses efforts to politically influence and curb the judicial system, by telling the story of the enactment of controversial laws in Norway in 1927. It draws parallels to current challenges to the autonomy of the legal order, both in countries where populist forces seek control over the courts, and in other countries where increasing levels of conflict, such as around the climate crisis and the pandemic, challenge the rule of law. In 1927 the Norwegian Parliament enacted three laws that changes the rules of the game in the relation between Labor and Capital. The law was weaponized in benefit of the employers. By this, the legislature departed from the classic ideal of equality before the law and law’s autonomy as a neutral order. The new laws were called the penitentiary laws. The demonstrations against one of the laws, the Arbitration Act in 1928 were the largest manifestation of civil disobedience in Norwegian history. They provoked a level of lawlessness that has not been matched, with exception of the situation during the German occupation 1. Th analyses the events with the aid of the theory of civil disobedience in liberal democracies put forward by the philosopher John Rawls and the theory of the legal complex developed by the socio-leg

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9783031690549
• Condition: Fine

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