2.30 pm
Welcome address
Italian Ambassador
2.45 – 3.30
I Session History of Norwegian Constitution in a comparative perspective
Values and ideas of the Norwegian Constitution
Dag Michalsen, Professor, University of Oslo
Phone: +47-22859434
The role of constitutional practice
Magne Frostad, Associate Professor, University of Tromsø.
Phone: +47-776 44195
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Norway in comparative constitutionalism
Luca Mezzetti, Full Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Bologna
3.30 – 4.15
II Session Parliamentary system: a Norwegian perspective on recent trends
Parliamentary form of government and interparliamentary Nordic cooperation
Arne Fliflet, the Parliamentary ombudsman
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The Constitutional organs and their balance
Rolando Tarchi, Full Professor of Comparative Law, University of Pisa
Paolo Passaglia, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Pisa
Coffee Break
4.40 – 17.20
III Session Fundamental rights and the Courts
The protection of rights and liberties in Norwegian constitutional system
Stig H. Solheim, Associate Professor, University of Tromsø.
+47-776 45995
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Fundamental rights between National and supranational Courts
Giuseppe Franco Ferrari, Full Professor of Comparative Law, Bocconi University
17.20 – 18.00
Discussion
21.00
Dinner at restaurant in Tromsø
DAY TWO
9.30 am – 10.15 am
Session IV
The Judiciary
The Judicial System in Norwegian constitutional framework
Jussi Pedersen, Associate Professor, University of Tromsø.
Phone: +47-776 4410
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10.15 – 11.00
Session V
State and the Church: secularization and new developments
The religion in Norwegian legal order
Tor Wigum,Research Fellow, University of Tromsø.
Phone: +47-776 49236
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11.00 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 -12.00
Session VI Minority rights and indigenous peoples
The legal protection of the Sami people in Norway
Susann Funderud Skogvang, Associate Professor, Head of research group on Sami and Indigenous Peoples Law, University of Tromsø.
Phone: +47- 776 44194
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The protection of Saami rights in Finnmark
Mauro Mazza, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Bergamo
Session VII Local government and decentralization
Local Representation and central government powers
Markus Lie,Associate Professor, University of Tromsø.
Phone: +47 -776 45293
Municipal Autonomy in the decentralized welfare
Paolo Carrozza,Full Professor of Comparative Law, University of Pisa S. Anna
12.00-12.45
Discussion
12.45-14.15
Lunch
14.15-15.00
Session VIII
The administration
Norwegian Administration in a comparative perspective
Mario Comba, Full Professor of Comparative Law, University of Turin
Conclusion