- Constitutional law
- Legal history
* Explanatory translations of titles of Norwegian language publications are given in [].
Books
Writing Democracy: The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014 (Karen Gammelgaard and Eirik Holmøyvik, eds.), New York 2014. (Website at Berghahn Books)
[Interpretations of the Constitution. On the constitutional development in Norway 1814-2014] Tolkingar av Grunnlova. Om forfatningsutviklinga 1814-2014 (Eirik Holmøyvik, ed.), Oslo 2013. (Website at Pax Forlag)
[Separation of powers and the Norwegian 1814 constitution] Maktfordeling og 1814, Bergen 2012. (Website at Fagbokforlaget)
[Union and sovereignty - Norway's international legal status before 1905] Union og suverenitet - Noreg si folkerettslege stilling før 1905, Rettshistoriske studier no. 14, Oslo 2004.
Selected articles and book chapters (see Norwegian website for a complete list of publications)
«The changing meaning of 'constitution' in Norwegian constitutional history», in: Writing Democracy: The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014 (Karen Gammelgaard and Eirik Holmøyvik, eds.), New York 2014 pp. 43-59.
«On the Origins of Judicial Independence», in: The Independence of Judges (Nils A. Engstad, Astrid Lærdal Frøseth and Bård Tønder, eds.), The Hague 2014 pp. 45-53.
[The Constitution and Norway's Agreements with the EU: Victory for pragmatism, defeat for constitutional democracy] «Grunnlova og avtalene med EU: Pragmatismens siger, det konstitusjonelle demokratiets tap», in: Det norske paradoks. Om Norges forhold til Den europeiske union (Erik Oddvar Eriksen og John Erik Fossum, eds.), Oslo 2014 pp. 42-59.
[Between revolution and restoration: The struggle for the Norwegian constitution's soul 1824-1884] «Mellom revolusjon og restaurasjon: Striden om Grunnlovas vesen 1824-1884», in: Tolkingar av Grunnlova. Om forfatningsutviklinga 1814-2014 (Eirik Holmøyvik, ed.), Oslo 2013 pp. 307-337.
[Past and present constitutional challenges caused by the use of Norwegian troops abroad] «Bruk av norske styrkar utanfor Noreg - statsrettslege utfordringar i fortid og notid», in:Jussens venner no. 3 2012 pp. 184-215.
[Article 93 of the Constitution and the doctrinal rule on «insignificant» transfers of sovereignty] «Grunnlova § 93 og læra om "lite inngripende" myndigheitsoverføring i lys av nyare konstitusjonell praksis», in: Lov og rett, no. 8 2011 pp. 447-471.
«A little bit of This and a little bit of That - the Complexity of Legal Reception», in: Rendezvous of European Legal Cultures (Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde og Knut Einar Skodvin, eds.), Bergen 2010 pp. 45-59.
[Causes for the different developments of judicial review in Norway and in Denmark] «Årsaker til utviklinga av prøvingsretten i Noreg og Danmark», in: Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, no. 5 2007, pp. 718-779.
«The Theory of Sovereignty and the Swedish-Norwegian Union of 1814», in: Journal of the History of International Law, no. 2 2005 pp. 137-156.
Miscellaneous
«Norway's Constitution at 200 years: A story of stability and change», blog post at Verfassungsblog, 17.05.2014.
Nominated three times (2011, 2012, 2013) for the prize Best academic journal article at the publishing house Universitetsforlaget.
Publications in national current research information system (CRIStin)
CURRENT POSITION
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (since 2014).
FORMER POSITIONS
2011-2014 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen
2006-2010 Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen
2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen
2003-2004 Research Assistant, Institute of Public and International Law, University of Oslo
AFFILIATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
2012-2013 Member of the research group “The transformation of international law and Norwegian sovereignty in 1814” at Center for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy for Science and Letters
2012 Appointed by the President of the Norwegian Parliament to an expert committee for the modernisation of the Constitution’s language
EDUCATION
Ph.d, University of Bergen, 2011
Cand.jur., University of Oslo, 2004