Department of Law

Tore Bråthen

Head of department Tore Bråthen

Department of Law is one of Norway’s largest academic research groups within business law and also has a strong team of experts in corporate social responsibility, political economy and green growth.

Department of accounting, auditing and law was divided in two in 2015, the names of the new departments are Department of Law and Department of Accounting, Auditing and Business Analytics. The two departments continue their close cooperation on Bachelor in accounting and auditing, Master of accounting and auditing and the specialization «Business Law, Tax and Accounting" at the MSc in Business.

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Academic highlights

  • Kari Birkeland became the first person in Norway with a doctorate in auditing law with her treatise on auditor liability. As the auditor has received an expanded role as a regulatory monitor, auditor's clients and others have to a greater extent begun to sue the auditor. The topic is thus very relevant.
  • Morten Kinander had his inaugural lecture as professor with the title: "judicialisation 10 years later: The relationship between law and politics on the basis of recent trends in the Supreme Court"
  • Per Espen Stoknes and Kjell Eliassen organized the seminar "Green Economics & Science based Activism" in connection with Jørgen Randers’ 70th anniversary. Prominent experts from around the world contributed to the seminar and to the Festschrift that was published.
  • The taxation code of laws edited by Ole Gjems-Onstad celebrated its 25th anniversary and Gyldendal marked the event by arranging the seminar "Current tax planning" at BI, where Finance Minister Siv Jensen held the final post.
  • Per Espen Stoknes was awarded "Outstanding Academic Title" from the American Library Association for his book "What we think about when we try not to think about global warming." He has also co-authored a feature article about green energy with Arnold Schwarzenegger to influence Republicans Ahead of the presidential election campaign.
  • Jørgen Randers assisted the Shanghai city government with the planning of the city's socio-economic and environmental development as part of the urban plan for the next 35 years.
  • Monica Viken was appointed "Commander" of the student union at the Bachelor in Business, for her strong commitment to the programme.
  • Gudmund Hernes had the following guests in the “Åpent Forum” (Open Forum): Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jørgen Randers, Sigve Brekke and Else Bugge Fougner.

Digitization:

"Introduction to Business Law" by Stine Winger Minde and Monica Viken is the first digital textbook of its kind and represents something completely new within legal literature. The book consists of a total of 25 lessons that contain videos, theory, control questions, case, reflection questions, checklists and more. The book is aimed particularly at first-year students in business law, but is also suitable for others wishing to familiarize themselves with the most relevant topics in the field.

Research centers:

  • New research center from 2016: Centre for foundation research, led by Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen.
  • Centre for CSR v / Caroline Ditlev-Simonsen and Atle Midttun (Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation).
  • Centre for European and Asian Studies v / Kjell Eliassen
  • Centre for green growth v / Per Espen Stoknes and Jørgen Randers