Bergen Lecture 2012 and Symposium: Challenges to Contemporary Criminal Law
The Research group for criminal law and criminal procedure invites you to Bergen Lecture 2012 and Symposium on «Challenges to Contemporary Criminal Law», 26-27 September.
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Bergen Lecture
Bergen Lecture in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice is an annual lecture given at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen by a distinguished international expert on criminal law and criminal justice. This year the lecture will be given by Prof. dr. Thomas Weigend, University of Cologne.
In his lecture, Prof. Weigend will address the subject «Contemporary and Future Challenges to Criminal Law: Comparative Reflections». He will talk about the role and functions of the criminal law in light of recent developments, and he will speculate as to where criminal law is headed in a world characterized by European harmonization and a worldwide debate on international crimes.
Symposium: Challenges to Contemporary Criminal Law
With the contemporary transformation of criminal law to a complex body of national and international dimensions, knowledge exchange and comparison receive increased attention and importance. This symposium, with distinguished experts on criminal law, seeks to contribute to the exchange of knowledge between criminal law's national, regional and international levels.
Each section of this symposium is composed of reflections on central subjects in criminal law from both a Norwegian, a Nordic and an international point of view, reflections that precisely seek to respond to the need for communication across different kinds of boarders - geographical and institutional.
Registration deadline: 31 August 2012
Further questions? Please contact Post Doctor Annika Suominen
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 26 September
Wednesday 26 September
Auditorium 3 |
Bergen Lecture |
10:15-12:00 |
Introduction by the Dean of the faculty, Prof. Asbjørn Strandbakken |
Prof. Thomas Weigend: «Contemporary and Future Challenges to Criminal Law: Comparative Reflections» |
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12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
Seminar room 2 |
Symposium: Challenges to Contemporary Criminal Law |
13:15-14:45 |
Session one: The Future of the Criminal Law Doctrine «The Norwegian Concept of Crime - a Comparative Perspective» by Post doc. Jørn Jacobsen (Bergen) «The Nordic Criminal Law Doctrine in a European Setting – Challenges and Potential» by Prof. Dan Frände (Helsinki) Comments by Prof. Magnus Ulväng (Uppsala) |
14:45-15:15 | Coffee break |
15:15-17:00 |
Session two: Police, Procedure and Punishment «Harmonization of rules on sentencing - the Swedish sentencing system as a model?» by Prof. Petter Asp (Stockholm) «The Future of Police Law – European Law from a Nordic Perspective» by Prof. Thomas Elholm (Odense) «Comparative Reflections on Issues in Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law» by Prof. William Pizzi (Colorado) |
19:00 | Dinner |
Thursday 27 September
Thursday 27 September
Seminar room 2 |
Symposium: Challenges to Contemporary Criminal Law |
09:00-10:45 |
Session three: Legislation, courts and science in change? «What Role for the Legislator in Future Criminal Law – Norwegian Experiences» by Prof. Erling Johannes Husabø (Bergen) «The comparative method in European Courts: A comparison between ECJ and ECHR?» by Prof. Sabine Gless (Basel) «Unity trough science? A common comparative framework for transnational criminal law» by Assistant Prof. Linda Gröning (Bergen) |
10:45-11:15 | Closing Comment: Prof. Thomas Weigend |
11:15 |
Lunch |
End of conference