Welcome!
The Faculty of Law is located in the centre of Bergen, overlooking the Bergen fjord.
2000 students study law and the Faculty employs around 100 persons in academic and administrative positions.
Film about plagiarism
Funny story about what could happen if one borrows from someone else's intellectual property without referring.
Watch the video on YouTube
At the Faculty of Law we focus on high quality research and teaching within a variety of legal areas.
Our international profile is reflected both in research activities and in the substantial number of students which we have the pleasure of welcoming every semester. It is also seen in the number of students from our Faculty travelling abroad.
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News
Starts cooperation with Chinese universities
Law students from the University of Bergen may now study at some of the best law faculties in China!
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Judicial disturbances
The Norwegian legal system is currently going through greater changes than at almost any other time in history.
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Morality Above Penalty
The stated goal of Criminal Law is to punish the offender. But it is unfortunate that we know so little about the origins and workings of this piece of legislation.
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Europe’s Harmonic Outpost
When it comes down to the Law, Norwegians are more concerned with the common good than their fellow Europeans. But are Norwegians about to become as focused on their rights as the rest of Europe?
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Not a private matter
Today, domestic violence is considered a crime. The state and the legal system increasingly intervene in matters previously considered to be private.
- Anneken Kari Sperr
Postdoctoral research fellow
News
- Starts cooperation with Chinese universities (09.02.2012)
- Record high number of international students (18.08.2011)
- Expands cooperation with Russian universities (23.03.2011)
- International offensive from Faculty of Law (26.01.2011)
- Filling in for John Birks (12.01.2011)