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New book: European legal cultures in transition

Nyhet_Rettigheter og sikkerhet | 12 August 2015

Er nasjonale rettskulturer i Europa i ferd med å nærme seg hverandre som følge av europeiske rettslige integrasjonsprosesser? Åse B. Grødeland, Fafo, og William L. Miller, University of Glasgow, har skrevet en ny bok, publisert av Cambridge University Press, som belyser dette spørsmålet.  Forskningen deres viser at borgerne i Europa har overraskende like holdninger til lover og regler, men at praksisen varierer fra land til land.

Are national legal cultures in Europe converging or diverging as a result of the pressures of European legal integration? Fafo researcher Åse Berit Grødeland has together with William L. Miller, University of Glasgow, written a new book published by Cambridge University Press. They have explored the attitudes and perceptions of the general public and law professionals in five European countries: England, Norway, Bulgaria, Poland and the Ukraine.

Presenting new findings, they challenge the established view that ordinary citizens and people working professionally with the law have different legal cultures. Their research in fact reveals that the attitudes of citizens in Eastern and Western Europe towards 'law-in-principle' are remarkably similar, whereas perceptions of 'law-in-practice' differ by country and often correlate with GDP per capita and country ranking in rule of law indices. Grødeland and Miller's innovative methodological approach will appeal to both experts and non-experts with an interest in legal culture, European integration, or European elite and public opinion.
Publisert: 12 August 2015