Knut Kaasen (born 9 November 1951) is a
Norwegian legal scholar.
He was born in
Harstad, and graduated from the
University of Oslo with the
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
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degree in 1977. He worked as a deputy judge from 1979 to 1981, was an
associate professor
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Overview
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in
maritime law
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at the University of Oslo from 1981 to 1984 and took his
dr.juris
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree in 1984. He worked as a lawyer in
Norsk Hydro from 1984 to 1988, and then returned to the University of Oslo as a professor of jurisprudence. He was the
dean of the Faculty of Law from 2001 to 2003.
He has also been an acting
Supreme Court Justice,
[ and is the current board chairman of ]Lovdata
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It publishes the periodical '' Norsk lovtidend'', and ''Lov&Data'' and ''EuroRett'', and hosts a website with free, public access to all Norwegian laws and other ...
.
References
1951 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian judges
Norwegian legal scholars
People from Harstad
University of Oslo alumni
Academics of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
21st-century Norwegian judges
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