Proactive and Powerful: Law Clerks and the Institutionalization of the Norwegian Supreme Court

by Gunnar Grendstad, William Shaffer, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde

Click here to read an interview with Gunnar Grendstad and J rn yrehagen Sunde about the book in Juristen; a Norwegian journal.

Norway's Supreme Court is one of the most powerful Supreme Courts in Europe. This position is in large parts due to the role and expansion of the law clerks on the Court. Beginning in 1957 with a single clerk, the number of law clerks has increased dramatically. Today, the clerks outnumber the justices, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 946236978X
• ISBN13: 9789462369788
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Length: 222 Pages