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Bjarte Askeland
Professor of Private Law,
University of Bergen,
Norway;
Member of the European Group on Tort Law |
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Contact
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Faculty of Law
University of Bergen
Magnus Lagabøtes plass 1
5010 Bergen
Norway
Tel: (+47) 55 58 95 84
Fax: (+47) 55 58 95 71
E-Mail: bjarte.askeland@jur.uib.no
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Curriculum Vitae
Bjarte Askeland studied law at the University of Bergen and finished as cand jur in 1991. From 1992–1994 he worked as an assistant judge and as a judge in Jæren district county court, Norway. He later worked at the University of Bergen, since 2005 as professor. He became doctor juris in 2001 on a thesis on vicarious liability, published in 2002. In 2006 he published a book on loss allocation and right of recourse in tort law. Askeland has additionally written a number of articles, mainly within tort law and legal theory. He has also contributed to several comparative projects organised by ECTIL and ETL. As of September 2008 Askeland is the leader of a research project (funded by the Norwegian Research Council) entitled ‘The Temporal Dimension of Tort Law’, which will be finished in 2012. Askeland has recently led a law comittee that this summer will deliver a proposal on standardising personal injury awards in Norwegian law. Askeland was appointed as a new member of the European Group on Tort Law in 2011.
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