Objective: The paper analyses the deep contributions of Indigenous knowledge on enriching and encouraging change to laws and research and training the Western legal systems to listen to other voices that have been silenced for centuries. Methodology: The argumentation developed in the paper is based on interdisciplinary research (intertwining social and legal reflections on the three principles ...

The strait of Bab el-Mandeb separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula and is an important element in the connection of the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean. The Suez Canal interlinks the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, while the Bab el-Mandeb connects the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean. In Arabic, Bāb al-Mandab stands for “the gate of tears” (Encyclopaedia Britannica), which ...

The EFTA Court has on numerous occasions faced arguments based on international law rules that exist outside the EEA system, and it has dealt with such arguments in disparate ways. The Court is receptive to arguments based on the European Convention on Human Rights, while flatly refusing to engage with arguments based on other treaties. This article outlines the Courtʼs practice in such cases and ...

This study explores the passage regimes of the Kerch Strait and its adjacent maritime areas in the context of current arbitration proceedings between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. It ascertains that conflicting sovereignty claims over Crimea might lead to strait states and user states alike retaining their different approaches to the passage regime of the Kerch Strait. Thus, the regimes of ...

The article presents the general clause in the Norwegian Contracts Act section 36. The background and the purpose are explained, and the article provides an overview over the relevant case law, which indicates that the general clause serves different functions in the Norwegian contract law.

Immaterialretten og den tradisjonelle formueretten har i lang tid hatt et tilknytningsforhold, og dette tilknytningsforholdet har blitt styrket i det siste. Dette skyldes særlig at det i deler av immaterialretten har blitt innført tingsrettslige regler om rettsvern, ekstinksjon og prioritet, basert på det som gjelder for rettighetsregistrering knyttet til fast eiendom. Møtet mellom disse rettsområdene ...

Utlending som søker om oppholdstillatelse i Norge på bakgrunn av familiegjenforening og/eller familieetablering med ektefelle eller samboer, må etter dagens regelverk bo sammen med ektefelle eller samboer i tre år for å få permanent oppholdstillatelse, jf. utlendingsloven § 62 første ledd, jf. § 40 tredje ledd og § 41 første ledd.1 Dersom samlivet opphører tidligere, må utlending som hovedregel ...

Climate-smart solutions and practices have the potential to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of achieving zero hunger; ensuring healthy lives and promoting the wellbeing of humans, animals, and plants; reducing ocean overharvesting and overfishing; tackling climate change; driving economic growth; and promoting innovation. Achieving these goals will require searching for, ...

The year 2019 was “the international year of the salmon” (IYS). The overarching aim was “to inform and stimulate outreach and research that aspires to establish the conditions necessary to ensure the resilience of salmon and people throughout the Northern Hemisphere;” further, to bring people together, share and develop knowledge, raise awareness and take action. This article is intended as a ...

This article presents the editors' introduction to the ten-year anniversary issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics, with a history of the journal and an overview of the issue's contents.2020 represents a milestone for Arctic Review on Law and Politics as it is 10 years since the first, slender issue of the journal was launched at the university bookstore in Tromsø, Norway, on 14 April 2010. ...