Rethinking Nordic Courts

Author: Laura Ervo, Letto-Vanamo; Nylund Anna Pia
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 9783030748531
Published In: July 2021
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book examines whether a distinctly Nordic procedural or court culture exists and what the hallmarks of that culture are. Do Nordic courts and court proceedings share a distinct set of ideas and values that in combination constitute the core of a regional legal culture? How do Europeanisation, privatisation, diversification and digitisation influence courts and court proceedings in the Nordic countries? The book traces the genesis and formation of Nordic courts and justice systems to provide a richer comprehension of contemporary Nordic legal culture, and an understanding of the relationship between legal cultural stability and change. In answering these questions, the book provides models for conceptualising procedural culture.

Nordic procedural culture has partly developed organically and is partly also the product of deliberate efforts to maintain a certain level of alignment between the Nordic countries. Studying Nordic cooperation enables us to gain a deeper understanding of current regional, European and global harmonisation processes within procedural law.

The influx of supranational European law, increased use of alternative dispute resolution and growth in regulation density that produces a conflict between specialisation and coherence, have tangible impact on the role of courts in a democratic society, the form of court proceedings and court structures. This book examines whether and why some trends exert more tangible, or perhaps simply more perceptible, influence on procedural culture than others.

Rethinking Nordic Courts: An Introduction

Anna Nylund

The Historical and Legal Cultural Underpinnings of Nordic Courts

Courts and Proceedings: Some Nordic Characteristics

Pia Letto-Vanamo

Courts, Law, Language and Culture

Ditlev Tamm

The History of Nordic Legal Culture and Court Culture: The Story of What Should not Have Been, but Still Came to Be

Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde

Sources of Inspiration of Nordic Procedural Law: Choices and Objectives of the Legal Reforms

Maria Astrup Hjort

Culture and Mentality in East-Nordic Courts

Laura Ervo

Europeanisation, Globalisation and Nordic Courts

Europeanisation of Nordic Civil Procedure: Does the Map Match the Terrain?

Anna Nylund

Nordic and European Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Dan Helenius

Globalisation and Court Practice in Iceland: New Case Law of the Supreme Court in Relation to the EEA Agreement and European Convention on Human Rights

Halldóra Thorsteinsdóttir

The Changing Role of Nordic Courts

Martin Sunnqvist

Privatisation and Flexibilisation of Nordic Court Proceedings

Institutional Aspects of the Nordic Justice Systems: Striving for Consolidation and Settlements

Anna Nylund

The Public Policy-Implementing Role of Nordic Courts in Civil Dispute Resolution

Clement Salung Petersen

Mediation: A Change in Finnish Court Culture?

Kirsikka Linnanmäki

Plea Bargaining Changing Nordic Criminal Procedure: Sweden and Finland as Examples

Laura Ervo