Henry John Mæland
Professor
Faculty of Law
Research group for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Title: Professor
Phone: +47 55 58 95 64
E-mail: Henry.Maland@jur.uib.no
Visiting address: Magnus Lagabøtesplass 1
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Education: |
1979 |
Law Degree, University of Bergen (juridisk embetseksamen) |
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1984 |
Doctor Juris, University of Bergen (dissertation: Defamation) |
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Professional Positions: |
1980 |
Lecturer/assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, (universitetslektor/stipendiat ved Det juridiske fakultet). |
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1984 |
Associated professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, (førsteamanuensis ved Det juridiske fakultet). |
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1988 |
Professor at the Faculty of Law. |
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1984-1986 |
Served several times in this period as a judge of the Bergen City Court, Bergen |
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1986-1994 |
Served several times in the period as a judge of the Gulating Court of Appeal (the district of Rogaland, Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane to the west of Norway). |
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2001-2002 |
Served three months as a judge of The Supreme Court of Norway, |
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1990-2004 |
Chairman of the Norwegian Committee on Criminal Law, which is an advisory Body for the Ministry of Justice. |
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1989-1992 |
Director of the Department of Public and International Law, the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen. |
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1992-1995 |
Head of Department (next to Dean) of the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (Prodekanus). |
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1995-1998 |
Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (Dekanus). |
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1999-2009 |
Appointed several times by the Norwegian Government as General Prosecuting Attorney (setteriksadvokat). |
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1991-2000 |
Member of the Committee of editors of the legal periodical: “Lov og Rett” Universitetsforlaget, (Medlem av redaksjonsutvalget til Lov og Rett, Universitetsforlaget, 1993-2000). |
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1998-2008 |
Proceeded several trials at the Bar as Attorney at Law, civil cases as well as criminal cases, representing the company of lawyers named “Advokatfirma Turid Mæland”, Strandgaten 9, 5013 Bergen. |
| 2006-2007 | Chairman of the Committee of the investigation of the Police and Prosecuting authorities in the case of Fritz Moen, a committee appointed by the Norwegian Government. |
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Books: |
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1986 |
Ærekrenkelser, Universitetsforlaget AS (On Defamation 554 pages) |
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1988 |
Voldgift, Universitetsforlaget AS (Arbitration 338 pages). |
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1995 (and 2004 3rd ed) |
Innføring i strafferett, Justian AS (An introduction into Criminal Law 282 pages). |
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1998 (and 2004 2nd ed) |
Politirett, AdNotam Gyldendal AS (Police Law – 1180 pages – co-editor). |
| 2006 (and 2009 2nd ed) | Kort prosess, Justian AS (Short procedure. An introduction into the Dispute Act 295 pages) |
| 2012 | Norsk alminnelig strafferett, Justian AS (Norwegian Criminal Law, 411 pages) |
Other publications:
Working papers on new legislation by the Committee on Criminal Law: in the period as chairman:
NOU 1993:21 Fast promillegrense til sjøen
NOU 1995:10 Reformer innen injurielovgivningen
NOU 1996:18 Erstatning i anledning straffeforfølgning
NOU 1999:23 Forbrytelser i gjeldsforhold
NOU 2002:22 En alminnelig straffebestemmelse mot korrupsjon
The report of the Committee of investigation of the Police and Prosecuting authorities in the case of Fritz Moen is published as NOU 2007:7 Fritz Moen og norsk strafferettspleie
In addition several academic articles on Criminal Law and on Criminal and Civil Procedure Law.