Hans Petter Graver

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Background

Hans Petter Graver was born in 1955.

He received the degree of cand. jur in 1980, and was awarded a Doctorate of Laws (dr. juris) in 1986 – both degrees from the University of Oslo. His doctoral thesis is entitled “Den juristskapte virkelighet” (The legal construction of reality). In 1993 he was appointed Professor in Sociology of law with an obligation to teach administrative law.

He was director of the centre of European Studies (ARENA) 2001-2003 and Dean of the Law faculty 2008-2015. In 2012 he was visiting fellow at Heidelberg University and in 2016 he was visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University. He has been member of the advisory council of the IAS.

He has authored numerous books and articles over a wide field of subjects, including administrative law, competition law, fundamental rights, sociology of law, legal history, legal theory, argumentation and rhetoric. He has published i Norwegian, English, and German, and his work has been translated into Chinese, Slovak, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Graver was president of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2019-2021. He was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Helsinki in 2010, at the University of Heidelberg in 2017 at the University of Uppsala in 2020 and at the University of Bergen 2022. He is an honorary member of the Law Society of Finland and member of the Academia Europaea (2022).

Special fields

  • Theory of legal argumentation
  • Law and rhetoric
  • Competition law
  • Administrative law
  • EEA/EU Law
     

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Publications

  • Graver, Hans Petter (2023). Nansens menneskerettsengasjement i et juridisk perspektiv. In Lothe, Jakob & Porsdam, Helle (Ed.), Vitenskap, menneskerettigheter og diplomati. Fridtjof Nansen og Niels Bohr. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-8390-120-7. p. 159–171. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2023). Norms and Decisions (Guifan he caipan), Legal Method (Falu fangfa). Institute of Legal Sciences, East China. ISSN 978-7-5093-9940-8. p. 120–134.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2023). Klassejuss, rettferdighet og rettsstat. In Modeer, Kjell Åke (Eds.), Omsorg om rättvisan Domstolarna och domarrollen i en konstitutionell rättsstat Ett symposium tillägnat Johan Hirschfeldt. Institutet för rättshistorisk forskning. ISSN 9789186645199. p. 66–84.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2023). Forholdet mellom demokrati og rettsstat i nyere norsk historie. In Graver, Hans Petter; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Havelin, Gro (Ed.), Hvor går demokratiet?. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282656702. p. 23–49.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2022). Sacrificing the Pig in the Temple – The Supreme Court in Occupied Norway, Supreme Courts Under Nazi Occupation. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789463720496. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2022). Om politisering av domstolene. In Heivoll, Geir & Fredwall, Terje Emil (Ed.), Straffens etikk. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 9788230403150. p. 173–196.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2022). Baselining COVID-19: How Do We Assess the Success or Failure of the Responses of Governments to the Pandemic? In Grogan, Joelle & Donald, Alice (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Routledge. ISSN 9781032078854. p. 214–224.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2022). Pandemirestriksjoner og retten til liv. Lov og Rett. ISSN 0024-6980. 61(6), p. 349–370. doi: 10.18261/lor.61.6.3.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2022). The Holship ruling of the ECtHR and the protection of fundamental rights in Europe. ERA Forum. ISSN 1612-3093. doi: 10.1007/s12027-022-00701-0. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2021). Sikkerhetsklarering og rettssikkerhet. Lov og Rett. ISSN 0024-6980. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3061-2021-07-03.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2021). Vollgrav mot tyranniet: Iveratakelse av demokrati og rettsstat også når det er krise. In Larssen, Ann Karin (Eds.), Beredskap og krisehåndtering. Utfordringer på sentralt, regionalt og lokalt nivå. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-69508-8.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2021). The Legal Complex: Denmark and Norway under German Occupation 1940-1945. In Feeley, Malcolm & Langford, Malcolm (Ed.), The Limits of the Legal Complex: Nordic Lawyers and Political Liberalism. Oxford University Press. ISSN 0192848410. p. 175–199. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192848413.003.0006.
  • Graver, Hans Petter & Čuroš, Peter (2021). Judges under Stress: Understanding Continuity and Discontinuity of Judicial Institutions of the CEE Countries. German Law Journal. ISSN 2071-8322. 22(7), p. 1147–1158. doi: 10.1017/glj.2021.73.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2021). Hvilken rolle spiller "god skikk" i jussen i dag? In Asland, John; Syse, Aslak; Wærstad, Tone Linn & Fredwall, Katrine Kjærheim (Ed.), Livsfellesskap - Rettsfellesskap Festskrift til Tone Sverdrup 70 år. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788205524491. p. 52–62.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2021). Peeking through the Keyhole. Using Narratives to Explain legal Reason. In Pedersen, Frode Helmich; Ingebrigtsen, Espen & Gephart, Werner (Ed.), Narratives in the Criminal Process . Vittorio Klostermann Verlag. ISSN 978-3-465-04555-7. p. 171–188. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2020). Book Review: Jens Meierhenrich’s The Remnants of the Rechtsstaat: An Ethnography of Nazi Law. German Law Journal. ISSN 2071-8322. 21(4), p. 739–742. doi: 10.1017/glj.2020.43.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2020). How the Pandemic can Strengthen the Rule of Law. In da Rocha, Claudio Janotti; Pepino, Flavia Fragale Martins & Martins, Rafael Lara (Ed.), Legal Responses to Covid-19. Lex Magister. ISSN 978-65-88059-08-1. p. 349–364.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2020). Covid-19 Regulation in Norway and the State of Exception. In Serna de la Garza, José Maria; Krunke, Helle & Nguyen Duy, Iris (Ed.), Covid-19 and Constitutional Law. Covid-19 et droit constitutionnel. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). ISSN 978-607-30-4290-1. p. 167–173.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2020). Judging for Utopia: Climate Change and Judicial Action. European Review of Private Law. ISSN 0928-9801. 28(4). Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Velkommen til 2040 - Slik nådde VI klimamålet. Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. 77(2), p. 190–196. doi: 10.23865/intpol.v77.1813.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). National Socialism and the Law in Norway Under German Occupation, 1940 – 1945. In skinner, stephen (Eds.), Ideology and Criminal Law Fascist, National Socialist and Authoritarian Regimes . Hart Publishing Ltd. ISSN 9781509910823. p. 187–205. doi: 10.5040/9781509910847.ch-009.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Law and the Russian Revolution: A Comparison with the Nazi Approach to Law. In Pozdnakova, Alla (Eds.), Russian Revolutions of 1917: Scandinavian Perspectives. Wildy, Simmons and Hill Publishing. ISSN 9780854902750. p. 90–108.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Teaching Legal Method in Norway. Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ). ISSN 0033-7250. p. 346–360. doi: 10.1628/rabelsz-2019-0025.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Dommere under press - hvor robust er vår vestlige rettstradisjon? Tidskrift utgiven av juridiska föreningen Finland. ISSN 0040-6953. p. 1–23. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2018). The Fundamental Environmental Challenge to Law, Festskrift till Håkan Hydén. Juristförlaget, Lund. ISSN 978-91-544-0575-6. p. 245–261.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2018). Why Adolf Hitler Spared the Judges: Judicial Opposition Against the Nazi State. German Law Journal. ISSN 2071-8322. 19(4), p. 845–878. doi: 10.1017/S2071832200022896. Full text in Research Archive
  • Arnesen, Finn; Mestad, Ola; Graver, Hans Petter; Fredriksen, Halvard Haukeland & Vedder, Christoph (2018). Introduction. The EFTA states, the EEA and the different views on legal integration of Europe. In Arnesen, Finn; Fredriksen, Halvard Haukeland; Graver, Hans Petter; Mestad, Ola & Vedder, Christoph (Ed.), Agreement on the European Economic Area - A Commentary. Nomos. ISSN 978-3-8487-3219-7. p. 1–12.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2018). Judicial Independence Under Authoritarian Rule: An Institutional Approach to the Legal Tradition of the West. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL). ISSN 1876-4045. 10(2), p. 317–339. doi: 10.1007/s40803-018-0071-8. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2018). Dommeren som likte roser. Lov og Rett. ISSN 0024-6980. p. 88–111. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3061-2018-02-03.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2017). The EEA and the Protection of Human Rights. In Lorenzmeier, Stefan & Folz, Hans-Peter (Ed.), Recht und Realität. Festschrift für Christoph Vedder. Nomos. ISSN 9783848731725. p. 294–308. doi: 10.5771/9783845275406-294. Full text in Research Archive
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2017). Menneskerettigheter, rett og moral. In Lothe, Jakob (Eds.), Forsking og menneskerettar. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-884-5. p. 71–82. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Graver, Hans Petter (2024). Tukthuslovene Sivil ulydighet og trusselen mot rettsstaten. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788282657204.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2024). VALIANT JUDGES, INIQUITOUS LAW Thirteen Stories of Heroes of the Law. Routledge. ISBN 9781032497594. 206 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter; Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth & Havelin, Gro (2023). Hvor går demokratiet? Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788282656702. 272 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2023). Heros in Judicial Robes. USAID, Justice for All Program. ISBN 9786177627752. 323 p.
  • Hov, Øystein; Graver, Hans Petter & Tonjum, Tone (2020). Tillit i koronaens tid. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 978-82-8265-556-9. 148 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2020). Pandemi og unntakstilstand Hva covid 19 sier om den norske rettsstaten. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 978-82-8265-553-8. 212 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2020). Jussens helter. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-03576-5. 278 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Alminnelig forvaltningdsrett. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-03707-3. 621 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Der Krieg der Richter Die Deutsche Besetzung 1940-1945 und der norwegische Rechtsstaat. Nomos. ISBN 978-3-8487-5475-5. 338 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter (2019). Okkupasjonstidens Høyesterett. Pax Forlag. ISBN 978-82-530-4078-3. 275 p.
  • Graver, Hans Petter & Fossum, John Erik (2018). Squaring the Circle on Brexit Could the Norway Model Work? Policy Press. ISBN 978-1-5292-0030-0. 169 p.
  • Arnesen, Finn; Fredriksen, Halvard Haukeland; Graver, Hans Petter; Mestad, Ola & Vedder, Christoph (2018). Agreement on the European Economic Area - A Commentary. Nomos. ISBN 978-3-8487-3219-7. 1177 p.

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