Collection of consolidated Norwegian maritime and other legislation translated into English, on the website of the Norwegian Maritime Authority. Includes the Norwegian Maritime Code and several other acts, as well as numerous regulations and circulars.
A comprehensive guide tracing the development of online legal databases in the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The guide has been written by Suzanne Thorpe, Associate Director for Faculty, Research and Instructional services at the University of Minnesota Law Library. The author gives background information to the legal system, details of legal databases and annotated links to online legal information for each country. The guide is in English with references to items in English and Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.
Web pages for the Library serving the Faculty of Law in the University of Oslo, providing access to the BIBSYS consortium library catalogue, other bibliographic databases as well as commentary and research guidance on the legal information system in Norway. The site also presents information about the library, opening hours, loan policy, inter-library loans and other services such as electronic journals and student information. The site features a bulletin board, search facility with links to Norwegian legislation in English translation and Norwegian law gateways.
An official service established by the Norwegian central government authorities and the board of the Norwegian Association of local and regional authorities to provide free access to public sector information and services on the Internet supplied by Norway's public bodies at state, county and municipal levels. The service is designed for use by the general public and government officials. The service links particularly to information and statements about the Government, Parliament, Supreme Court, Immigration policy and Labour policy.
A resource site and Internet gateway service giving access in particular to Norwegian primary and secondary legal materials on the Internet as well as providing comprehensive link collections covering other Nordic countries (including Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland and Sweden, other jurisdictions round the world and international and European law in general.) The service has been developed as a joint project by the Law faculties at the Universities of Oslo, Bergen and Tromso in Norway.
A searchable Web database providing free access to full-text Norwegian legislation (acts and regulations) in English translation. Legislation may be searched by date, number or words in the title. On screen help is offered on making searches. The database indicates dates, document numbering, language and format of the available translations. The translations are unofficial documents and only updated at the time of translation. Possible formats for linked texts include: HTML, PDF or Word. Bibliographic information is given for acts unavailable in electronic format.
Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering Norway. A full range of browse and search features is available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to Courts, Government, Legislation and Parliament along with subject areas including Elections, Environment, Natural Resources and Privacy. A collection of stored searches will automatically search for materials relating to Norway on all of WorldLII. WorldLII provides a global index and search engine for law, developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).
Official site for the European Free Trade Association Court. The EFTA operates under the Stockholm Convention in the day-to-day management of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) and the coordination and development of trade agreements with third countries. The Court fulfils the judicial function within EFTA and has jurisdiction with regard to EFTA States which are parties to the European Economic Area Agreement (currently Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Norway).
This free website provides Norwegian consolidated statutes, central regulations, recommendations and local regulations; the official gazette, 'Norsk lovtidende'; and cases from the last four months in the Supreme Court (Høyesterett) and appeal courts (lagmannsrettane). It also has a large set of English translations of statutes, regulations, plus one translated Supreme Court judgment. Lovdata is a private foundation set up by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo.
Stortinget is the Norwegian Parliament. Its website is offered in English or Norwegian. The English version contains the text of the Norwegian Constitution, the parliamentary rules of procedure and information on the history, current functions and legislative procedures of the parliament. The Norwegian-language version offers more detailed information, including details of parliamentary documents and legislation since 1994 and parliamentary debates since 1996.
