Academic expertise

The staff at the Law Faculty have expertise in a number of fields in Law. A brief overview is listed below. For more on the individual researcher's competence, see their profile pages.

A

Accounting law

Matre, Hugo P. Associate Professor (on leave)

Administrative law

Andersen, Njål Wang PhD Candidate
Bernt, Jan Fridthjof Professor
Giertsen, Johan Professor
Hames, Katrina PhD Candidate
Myklebust, Ingunn Elise Associate Professor
Rasmussen, Ørnulf Professor
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor
Søvig, Karl Harald Professor
Østenstad, Bjørn-Henning Associate Professor    

Allodial rights / homestead law

Baldersheim, Erlend PhD Candidate
Nordtveit. Ernst Professor
Nygaard, Nils Professor Emeritus

Alternative dispute resolution

Bernt, Camilla Associate Professor (on leave)
Vindeløv, Vibeke Professor II (University of Copenhagen)

B

Biomedical law and social law

Andersen, Njål Wang PhD Candidate
Bernt, Jan Fridthjof Professor
Rasmussen, Ørnulf Professor
Søvig, Karl Harald Professor
Østenstad, Bjørn-Henning Associate Professor
Aasen, Henriette Sinding Professor

C

Child law

Holgersen, Gudrun Professor
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor

Civil procedure

Bernt, Camilla Associate Professor (on leave)
Mæland, Henry John Professor
Truyen, Filip Professor II 
Øyen, Ørnulf Associate Professor

Comparative law

Frantzen, Torstein Professor
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Helland, Ingvill PhD Candidate
Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Sandstedt, Johan PhD Candidate
Skodvin, Knut Einar PhD Candidate
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen Professor

Competition law

Cyndecka, Malgorzata Agnieszka PhD Candidate
Gjendemsjø, Ronny Associate Professor
Helle, Herdis PhD Candidate
Lunde, Tore Professor
Taraldset, Birthe PhD Candidate

Constitutional law

Borvik, Bjørnar Post Doctor
Helland, Ingvill PhD Candidate
Holmøyvik, Eirik Associate Professor
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor
Søvig, Karl Harald Professor
Aall, Jørgen Professor

Contract law

Giertsen, Johan Professor
Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Lund, Maria Vea PhD Candidate
Monsen, Erik Professor
Wiig, Søren Assistant Professor

Corporate governance

Taraldset, Birthe PhD Candidate

Corporate law

Giertsen, Johan Professor
Matre, Hugo P. Associate Professor (on leave)
Nordtveit, Ernst Professor
Taraldset, Birthe PhD Candidate
Truyen, Filip Professor II 
Wiig, Søren Assistant Professor

Criminal law

Angeltveit, Kine Knutsen PhD Candidate
Fornes Ingun PhD Candidate
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Hames, Katrina PhD Candidate
Husabø, Erling Johannes Professor
Jacobsen, Jørn Post Doctor
Mæland, Henry John Professor
Strandbakken, Asbjørn Professor
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen Professor
Suominen, Annika Researcher (European)
Øyen, Ørnulf Associate Professor

Criminal procedure

Anfinsen, Anne Marie F. Associate Professor
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Hames, Katrina PhD Candidate
Husabø, Erling Johannes Professor
Mæland, Henry John Professor
Strandbakken, Asbjørn Professor
Suominen, Annika Researcher
Øyen, Ørnulf PhD Candidate
Aarli, Ragna Associate Professor

D

Democracy and state of law

Bernt, Jan Fridthjof Professor
Helland, Ingvill PhD Candidate
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor
Aarli, Ragna Associate Professor
Aasen, Henriette Sinding Professor

DCFR and Europeanisation

Sandstedt, Johan PhD Candidate

E

English law

Franklin, Christian Researcher

Environmental and resource management law

Myklebust, Ingunn Associate Professor
Nordtveit, Ernst Professor
Schütz, Sigrid Eskeland Associate Professor

EU law/EEA law

Franklin, Christian Researcher
Fredriksen, Halvard H. PhD Candidate
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Krüger, Kai Professor Emeritus
Schütz, Sigrid Eskeland Associate Professor
Suominen, Annika Researcher

F

Family law and law of succession

Eeg, Thomas Associate Professor
Frantzen, Torstein Professor
Liisberg, Bent Associate Professor
Strandbakken, Asbjørn Professor

G

German Law

Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor

I

Immigration law

Einarsen, Terje Post Doctor

Intellectual property law

Hugenholtz, Bernt Professor II (international copyright law)
Kielland, Torger PhD Candidate (copyright law, patent law)
Krüger, Kai Professor Emeritus (copyright law)
Lunde, Tore Professor (trademark law/law of business names)
Tande, Knut Martin Associate Professor (copyright law)
Wallevik, Karl O. PhD Candidate (trademark law/law of business names)

International criminal procedure

Kvam, Bjarne PhD Candidate

International human rights law

Anfinsen, Anne Marie F. Associate Professor
Borvik, Bjørnar Post Doctor
Fornes Ingun PhD Candidate
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Helland, Ingvill PhD Candidate
Janmyr, Maja E. K. PhD Candidate
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor
Aall, Jørgen Professor
Aarli, Ragna Associate Professor
Aasen, Henriette Sinding Professor

International law

Baumann, Elizabeth PhD Candidate
Einarsen, Terje Post Doctor (Refugee Law)
Franklin, Christian Researcher
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Helland, Ingvill PhD Candidate
Holmøyvik, Eirik Associate Professor
Husabø, Erling Johannes Professor
Janmyr, Maja PhD Candidate (Refugee Law)
Skodvin, Knut Einar PhD Candidate 

L

Labour law

Eidsvaag, Tine Associate Professor
Taraldset, Birthe PhD Candidate

Law of commercial paper

Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Krüger, Kai Professor Emeritus
Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik Associate Professor
Monsen, Erik Professor
Nordtveit, Silje Karine PhD Candidate
Sæbø, Rune Professor

Law of contract (including law of sales)

Askeland, Bjarte Professor
Færstad, Jan-Ove Post Doctor
Giertsen, Johan Professor
Hauge, Hilde Associate Professor
Helle, Herdis PhD Candidate
Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Krüger, Kai Professor Emeritus (Law of sales)
Lund, Maria Vea PhD Candidate
Monsen, Erik Professor (law of sales)
Schanze, Erich Professor II (Phillips-Universität Marburg)
Tande, Knut Martin Associate Professor (Law of sales)

Law of debt collection proceedings

Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik Associate Professor
Nordtveit, Silje Karine PhD Candidate
Sæbø, Rune Professor

Law of equal status and discrimination

Holgersen, Gudrun Professor

Law of evidence

Strandberg, Magne Associate Professor

Law of insolvency and bankruptcy

Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik Associate Professor
Nordtveit, Silje Karine PhD Candidate
Sæbø, Rune Professor

Law of local government

Bernt, Jan Fridthjof Professor

Law of mortgages

Kielland, Torger PhD Candidate
Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik Associate Professor
Nordtveit, Silje Karine PhD Candidate

Law of obligations and property

Giertsen, Johan Professor
Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Lund, Maria Vea PhD Candidate
Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik Associate Professor
Nordtveit, Ernst Professor
Nordtveit, Silje Karine PhD Candidate
Skjefstad, Arnt PhD Candidate
Sæbø, Rune Professor

Law relating to aquaculture and fisheries

Nordtveit, Ernst Professor
Skodvin, Knut Einar PhD Candidate
Daley, Robert PhD Candidate

Legal history

Holmøyvik, Eirik Associate Professor
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen Professor

Legal sociology

Vogt, Edvard Professor Emeritus

Legal theory

Askeland, Bjarte Professor
Bernt, Jan Fridthjof Professor
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Jacobsen, Jørn Post Doctor
Helland, Ingvill stipendiat
Kolflaath, Eivind Associate Professor
Monsen, Erik Professor
Mæhle, Synne Sæther Associate Professor
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen Professor
Tande, Knut Martin Associate Professor
Aarli, Ragna Researcher

M

Marketing law

Lunde, Tore Professor

O

Oil and gas law

Helle, Herdis PhD Candidate
Nordtveit, Ernst Professor

P

Patent law

Kielland, Torger PhD Candidate

Planning and building law

Myklebust, Ingunn Elise Associate Professor
Rasmussen, Ørnulf Professor
Schütz, Sigrid Eskeland Associate Professor

Police law

Mæland, Henry John Professor
Strandbakken, Asbjørn Professor

Private international law

Frantzen, Torstein Professor
Heimdal, Lars Anders PhD Candidate
Konow, Berte-Elen R. Professor
Sperr, Anneken Kari Post Doctor

Property law

Baldersheim, Erlend PhD Candidate
Lund, Maria Vea PhD Candidate
Marthinussen, Hans Fredrik , Associate Professor
Myklebust, Ingunn Elise Associate Professor
Nordtveit, Ernst Professor
Nordtveit, Silje Karine PhD Candidate
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen Professor
Øyen, Ørnulf Associate Professor

Protection of personality rights and information security

Borvik, Bjørnar Post Doctor (protection of privacy)
Taraldset, Birthe PhD Candidate

Public procurement

Krüger, Kai Professor Emeritus

S

Securities law

Matre, Hugo P. Associate Professor (on leave)
Sæbø, Rune Professor
Truyen, Filip Professor II

Shari’a (Islamic law)

Fredriksen, Katja Jansen PhD Candidate

Social security law

Andersen, Njål Wang PhD Candidate
Holgersen, Gudrun Professor

Sources of law and legal method

Baldersheim, Erlend PhD Candidate
Bernt, Jan Fridthjof Professor
Grøning, Linda Post Doctor
Jacobsen, Jørn Post Doctor
Helland, Ingvill PhD Candidate
Krüger, Kai Professor Emeritus
Monsen, Erik Professor
Mæhle, Synne Sæther Associate Professor
Nygaard, Nils Professor Emeritus
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen Professor
Tande, Knut Martin Associate Professor

Swedish Law

Sandstedt, Johan PhD Candidate

T

Tax law

Matre, Hugo P. Associate Professor

Theory of evidence

Kolflaath, Eivind Associate Professor

Tort law 

Anfinsen, Anne Marie F. Associate Professor
Askeland, Bjarte Professor
Borvik, Bjørnar Post Doctor
Færstad, Jan-Ove Post Doctor
Heimdal, Lars Anders PhD Candidate
Monsen, Erik Professor
Nygaard, Nils Professor Emeritus
Skjefstad, Arnt PhD Candidate
Strandberg, Magne Associate Professor
Tande, Knut Martin Associate Professor