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  • This paper was presented at the International Association of Law Libraries Conference on Sources of Legal Information in Nordic Countries, in Stockholm, Sweden, August 1990. [Pål A. Bertnes is Law Librarian at The Law School Library, University of Oslo, Norway]
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From the journal International Journal of Legal Information Volume 21 Issue 2

Abstract

Norway became one kingdom at the end of the 9th century. Earlier the country cons isted of several regional kingdoms, each with its own legal society. A proper administration of justice based on law took place at the Althing, which was a public meeting, representative of the rural community or the larger community units.

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Pål A. Bertnes

This paper was presented at the International Association of Law Libraries Conference on Sources of Legal Information in Nordic Countries, in Stockholm, Sweden, August 1990. [Pål A. Bertnes is Law Librarian at The Law School Library, University of Oslo, Norway]

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Published Online: 2019-02-28
Published in Print: 1993-06-01

Copyright © 1993 by The Institute for International Legal Information 

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0731126500027554

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Announcements
  2. Opportunities to Study at the Max Planck Institutes in Germany
  3. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
  4. Editorial
  5. National or Regional Law Library Organizations and their Publications
  6. Interview
  7. With Ted Glasson, Director of the Law Library, Monash University, Australia
  8. Articles
  9. Following Up on the Final Settlement: Germany's Post-Unification Treaties with Poland, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation—A Bibliographic Guide
  10. Sources to Legal Information in Norway
  11. Sources of Legal Information in Iceland
  12. International Documentation
  13. Terms of Reference of United Nations Subsidiary Bodies
  14. Periodical Reviews
  15. Periodical Reviews
  16. Periodical Reviews
  17. Book Reviews
  18. Basic Legal Documents of the Russian Federation.
  19. Czechoslovakian Business Law.
  20. Democratic Responses to International Terrorism.
  21. The Guide to American Law Supplement 1992.
  22. Guide to European Company Laws.
  23. The International Law of Armed Conflict: Personal and Material Fields of Application.
  24. International Terrorism: Political and Legal Documents.
  25. Japanese Law in Western Languages 1974-1989.
  26. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States.
  27. The Privatization Process in Central Europe.
  28. Textbook on EEC Law.
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  30. Book Notes
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  36. JLI volume 21 issue 2 Cover and Back matter
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