What is Scandinavian Law?

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Authors in this edition: Christian von Bar, Jürgen Basedow, Hugh Beale, John Bell, Ulf Bernitz, Margareta Brattström, Catharina Calleman, Lars Gorton, Viggo Hagström, Jesper Lau Hansen, Ewoud Hondius, Anna Kaldal, Kent Källström, Hazra Khanom, Ole Lando, Pernilla Leviner, Gustaf Lindencrona, Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Jonas Malmberg, Ruth Mannelqvist, Kjell Å Modéer, Ruth Nielsen, Lena Olsen, Sören Öman, Annina H Persson, Tuomas Pöysti, Christina Ramberg, Jan Ramberg, Jens M Scherpe, Johanna Schiratzki, Mårten Schultz, Stig Strömholm, Bo Wennström, Philip R Wood, Mauro Zamboni

Published by Scandinavian studies in law, January 2007

The first part of this 50th volume of Scandinavian Studies in Law is related to a core issue from the viewpoint of the purposes and ambitions of the series, viz. What is Scandinavian Law?

The second part addresses a range of issues related to the regulation of fundamental conditions of community life under the label of Social Private Law. This includes components associated with among other things what is known as the welfare state, a conception often attributed to the Scandinavian countries.

As a whole the collection provides a broad and multi-dimensional description of Scandinavian law today. Contributors are both outside observers and “internal” writers, and the volume should be an indispensable source for anyone interested in learning more about current Scandinavian legal culture. The majority of the articles that are included were originally presented at two workshops held in 2007.

The establishment of the series Scandinavian Studies in Law was an important initiative to manifest the fiftieth anniversary of the Stockholm Law Faculty in 1957. Consequently, the fiftieth anniversary of Scandinavian Studies in Law in 2007 coincides with the Centennial Jubilee of the Faculty.