Professor, dr.juris
Eivind Smith,
Born in
Graduated in law (1974) at the
Dr.juris (1979) at the same University.
Professor of public law at the
Dr. h.c. (Uppsala)
Officier, Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Programs Commission,
International Association of Constitutional Law
Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Member, Academia Europaea
Member, International Committee of Comparative Law (AISJ/IALS)
Member, European Group of Public Law/Groupe Européen de Droit Public
Member, Groupe d‘Etudes et
de Recherches sur la Justice
Constitutionnelle (France)
Associated member, International Academy of Comparative Law
Numerous scholarly books and articles on domestic and comparative
Constitutional law, Administrative law, Local government and Law related to
"mixed economy". Publications mainly in Norwegian, English and French
(but even translations into Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish, Swedish, etc.).
Fluent in Norwegian, English and French
Visiting professor, guest lecturer, doctoral juries, etc. in a number of
foreign countries including France, Italy, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain,
Switzerland, U.S.A., the Scandinavian countries, Bulgaria, China, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and
Zimbabwe
Visiting scholar i.a. at the Wolfson
College, Cambridge (U.K.) and at the University of California at Berkeley (USA)
Vice-chair, Group of independent experts on the European Charter of Local Self-
Government (Council of Europe)
Frequent Specialist to the Council of Europe, mainly on institutional issues
like local self-government, parliamentarism,
ombudsman institutions, judicial review …
Member of editorial boards, boards of research institutions, etc. in Norway and
abroad
Organizer of a number of International Conferences, etc. on public law issues
(including constitutional protection of human rights, the interpretation of
Constitutions, the role of National parliaments in European integration,
constitutional cultures, local autonomy, etc.)
Chair, Governmental Inquiry Commission for the Municipality of Oslo (1990-91)
Chair, Governmental Commission for the preparation of new legislation on the
educational system of Norway (1993-95)
Chair, Independent Parliamentary Inquiry Commission for the Banking Crisis
(1997- 98)
Chair, Independent Parliamentary Inquiry Commission for the New Oslo Airport
(2000-2001)
Chair, Governmental Council on Secrecy and Research Etc.
Member, Governmental Commission on the constitutional protection of the freedom
of expression (1996-99)
Member, the National Competition Tribunal ("Prisrådet")
(-1993)
Legal Counselor for the Norwegian Research Council
Chairman of the Board, Institute for social sciences (Oslo)
Member, the Swedish Democracy Audit 1999 and 2004 (SNS, Stockholm)
Member, Steering group for the evaluation of Legal education in Denmark (Evalueringscenteret, Copenhagen)
Member, Steering group for the evaluation of research in Lithuania (Norwegian
research council)
Member, International Evaluation Group for Public Law Research in Denmark
Etc.
Former Director (late 1980s and early 2000s), Institute of public and
international law, University of Oslo
Former Director of Research, Institute for social sciences (Oslo)
Former Chair, Research Commission, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
Former Chair, Commission for international relations of the Faculty of law
Former Member, Commission for international relations of the University of
Oslo.
Research Director/Group Leader, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian
Academy of Science and Letters (2001-2002)