Auxiliary materials allowed during examinations for courses taught in English

Enclosure to the Programplan på nett (Norwegian).

1. General materials

It is permitted to take into the exam all national and international legal instruments –i.e., treaties, conventions, directives, regulations, statutes and the like- in their officially published English version, in the form of books, offprints or photocopies.

Printouts from computer databases/internet are not permitted.

For reasons of control, any photocopy must indicate that it originates from a public document

2. Dictionary

Only dictionaries that do not give legal definitions or explanations are allowed.
The dictionary should just provide the ordinary meaning and exemplify the use of the word, and not give further information. This will typically be the case with, e.g., an English –English dictionary or a dictionary from one’s mother language to English and vice- versa.

Dictionaries which explain legal terminology, such as Oxford Dictionary of Law, and dictionaries with comprehensive encyclopaedia –like definitions, such as Le Quid, are not permitted.

Home- made dictionaries and word lists (hand written or electronic) are not permitted.

3. Recommended-/Special material

In addition to the general auxiliary materials listed above, the following auxiliary materials may be brought into the examinations in the individual elective and special subjects listed below:

Comparative Private Law (JUS5240/JUR1240):

Criminology (JUS5101):

EU-Competition Law (JUS5310/JUR1310):

EU Substantive Law (JUS5440/JUR1440):

Electronic Commerce Law (ICTLECOMM)

Electronic Communications Law (JUS5640/JUR1640)

English Law of Contract (JUS5260/JUR1260):

Human Rights and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory and Practices (HUMR5702)

Intellectual Property Law in the Information Society (JUS5660)

International Climate Change and Energy Law (JUS5911)

International Commercial Arbitration (JUS5852)

International Commercial Law (JUS5230/JUR1230):

International Constitutional Law and Democracy (JUS5560/JUR1560):

International Criminal Law (JUS5570):

International Environmental Law (JUS5520/JUR1520):

International Humanitarian Law (The Law of Armed Conflict) (JUS5730/JUR1730)

International Human Rights Law: Substantive Rights (HUMR 1120/4120/5120)

 International Trade Law (JUS5850):

International Human Rights Law: Institutions and Procedures (JUS5710/JUR1710):

Introduction to The Norwegian Legal System (JUR1020):

Law and Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources (JUS5831)

Legal Information Systems and Regulatory Management (JUS5610/JUR1610):

Marine Insurance (JUS5450/JUR1450)

Marine Insurance Settlement (RMMI5460)

Maritime Law - contracts (JUS5401/JUR1401):

Martime Law: Liability and Insurance (JUS 5402):

Petroleum Law (JUS5411):

Privacy and Data Protection (JUS5630/JUR1630):

You may bring with you to the exam the course compendium (published by UniPub containing the texts of the following instruments:

Public International Law (JUS5540):

Refugee and Asylum Law (JUS5530/JUR1630):

Women`s Law and Human Rights (JUS5910/JUR1910):

4. Notations

  1. Permitted auxiliary materials may contain underlining of any sort, and references to other permitted auxiliary materials. It is not permitted to make any references /underlining in dictionaries.
  2. The underlining of individual words is permitted, however, the underlining of individual letters so that these will form separate words is not permitted.
  3. It is permitted to mark words with, for instance, a highlighter, and it is permitted to use different colours.
  4. Vertical lines in the margins are permitted.
  5. Reference can be made to cases published in Rt., RG, NJA, ARD and UfR, decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and Court of First Instance of the European Communities, the EFTA Court, ICJ and ECtHR. Cases from the mentioned courts may be referred to with year and page, for instance “Rt. 1974 p. 222” or “ICJ Reports 1986 p. 14”. It is not permitted to refer to cases by their nicknames, such as “The Donau Case.” Rulings from international courts may be referred to by using the cases’ official name, parties and/or serial number (example ECtHR: “D. v. the United Kingdom, ECtHR Reports 1997-III”). It is permitted to refer to decisions by using the name of only one of the parties, if necessary by abbreviation (example: “SETTG” instead of Sindesmos ton en Elladi Turistiokon ke Taxidiotikon Grafion v. Ypourgos Ergasias). Reference can also be made to cases and advisory opinions from the following courts and tribunal:
    - Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ)
    - Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
    - Arbitration decisions referred in the Report of International Arbitral Awards (RIAA)
    - International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
    - The Appellate Body or Panels under the World Trade Organization (WTO AB or WTO Panel)
    - International Criminal Court (ICC)
    - Arbitration Tribunals under the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
    - International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
    - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)
    - Human Rights Committee under the Convenant on Civil and Political Rights (HRC CCPR)
    - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
    - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
    - Committee Against Torture (CAT)
  6. References can be introduced with the words: repealed, amended, see, confer (cf.), compare.
  7. References to law, royal decrees, regulations, and draft laws in preparatory works may only include title and/or date (or necessary number), section and/or paragraph, sentence, number or letter. Standard abbreviations such as et al., cf,  etc. can be used. References to treaties and other international instruments may only include title and/or date (or necessary number), section and/or paragraph, sentence, number or letter. Treaties and instruments can be referred to by their Norwegian names. Standard abbreviations such as UN Charter, ECHR, CCPR, ICJ statutes, VCLT, UNCLOS etc. can be used. A reference may, for example read: “UNCLOS art.21 no.1(g)”.
  8. It is permitted to number consecutively the single paragraphs in a provision, and the single sentences in a paragraph.
  9. It is permitted to make an annotation system, corresponding to that of the Code of Laws. However, it is not permitted to refer to and from one’s own annotation system.
  10. It is permitted to correct errors in embodied references in auxiliary materials with correction ink.
  11. New law text may not be written or pasted into auxiliary materials.
  12. References that in reality are not references to other permitted auxiliary materials, such as hidden references to case law, exam outlines etc, are not permitted.
  13. Annotations other than those mentioned herein, are not permitted, unless mentioned especially for a certain course. (see the rules on the use of auxiliary material)