Eivind Smith (born 4 December 1949) is a Norwegian jurist and

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of law. He was born in

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, and took the

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degree in 1979. Since 1986, he has been Professor of Law at the

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. He is a member of the

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. He has published a large number of juridical books and articles. He continues to update and edit the book ''Forvaltningsrett'' (

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) after the original author Torstein Eckhoff died. Smith has also written the book ''Konstitusjonelt demokrati'' (

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), which forms the bulk of the curriculum in

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at the university. Smith has been the

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of the

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from 2007 to 2010. On May 29, 1998 Smith received an

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from the Faculty of Law at

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In 2014, Smith was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the

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. This is his third degree ''honoris causa'', holding the former two at the

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and at Aix-Marseille Université. Furthermore, Smith is Officer of the

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. In 2012 he was anointed Knight of the

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.Eivind Smith, personal profile
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1949 births Living people Norwegian legal scholars Academic staff of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters People from Bærum {{Norway-academic-bio-stub