Kodifikationsförsöken som inte nådde hela vägen - En jämförelse mellan Sverige, Norge och Danmark
(2024) LAGF03 20241Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Under 1800-talet präglades hela Kontinentaleuropa av en kodifikationsfeber. Stora delar av Kontinentaleuropa kodifierade civilrätten. Kodifikat-ionstrenden nådde även de nordiska länderna. Sverige, Norge och Danmark gjorde alla någon form av kodifikationsförsök, men inget av dem ledde till en antagen kodifikation. De nordiska länderna avvek både från resten av Kontinentaleuropa och från varandra. Sveriges, Norges och Danmarks kodifikationsförsöken såg alla olika ut, vilket är bakgrunden till denna uppsats.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka de likheter och skillnader som fanns mellan de tre kodifikationsförsöken, samt vad de kan bero på. För att undersöka likheterna och skillnaderna används en komparativ metod. Målet med den... (More) - Under 1800-talet präglades hela Kontinentaleuropa av en kodifikationsfeber. Stora delar av Kontinentaleuropa kodifierade civilrätten. Kodifikat-ionstrenden nådde även de nordiska länderna. Sverige, Norge och Danmark gjorde alla någon form av kodifikationsförsök, men inget av dem ledde till en antagen kodifikation. De nordiska länderna avvek både från resten av Kontinentaleuropa och från varandra. Sveriges, Norges och Danmarks kodifikationsförsöken såg alla olika ut, vilket är bakgrunden till denna uppsats.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka de likheter och skillnader som fanns mellan de tre kodifikationsförsöken, samt vad de kan bero på. För att undersöka likheterna och skillnaderna används en komparativ metod. Målet med den komparativa metoden är att med ett nytt perspektiv undersöka rättshistorien för att upptäcka nya mönster som kan hjälpa oss förstå historien bättre.
Uppsatsen redogör för de olika kodifikationsförsöken och diskuterar deras likheter och skillnader. Sverige kom längst i sitt kodifikationsförsök, Danmark påbörjade knappt sitt och Norge var någonstans där emellan. Det som undersöks i analysen är likheter och skillnader i händelseförloppet och kodifikationsdebatten, samt en nordisk rättskultur som förklaring för likhet-erna.
Skillnaderna i händelseförloppet av kodifikationsförsöken hänförs främst till de olika politiska situationerna som länderna befanns sig i. Sverige och Norge hade precis haft revolutioner som lett till att de antagit nya grundlagar medan Danmark fortfarande var ett envälde. Danmarks avsaknad av revolution medförde att de inte fick den knuffen som verkade behövas i de nordiska länderna för att man skulle försöka kodifiera rätten. När Danmark fick sin revolution och enväldet avslutades, nästa 50 år senare, hade den historiska skolan och deras kodifikationskritiska idéer fått stort inflytande, vilket ledde till att kodifikationer längre inte var lika populära.
Likheterna i kodifikationsdebatten och faktumet att ingen av kodifikationsförsöken någonsin ledde till en antagen kodifikation förklaras främst av att Sverige, Norge och Danmark verkar dela en nordisk rättskultur, samt genom inflytandet av den historiska skolan och deras kodifikationskritik. (Less) - Abstract
- During the 19th century, continental Europe was engulfed by a codification fever. Most parts of continental Europe proceeded to codify their private law. The codification trend also reached the Nordic countries. Sweden, Norway, and Denmark all attempted to codify their private law at some point, but none of the attempts ever lead to them adopting a codification. The Nordic countries deviated, both from continental Europe and from each other. Sweden’s, Norway’s, and Denmark’s codification attempts all looked different, which is the basis of this thesis.
The purpose of the thesis is to examine the similarities and differences between the three attempts, as well as the causes behind the similarities and differences. A comparative method... (More) - During the 19th century, continental Europe was engulfed by a codification fever. Most parts of continental Europe proceeded to codify their private law. The codification trend also reached the Nordic countries. Sweden, Norway, and Denmark all attempted to codify their private law at some point, but none of the attempts ever lead to them adopting a codification. The Nordic countries deviated, both from continental Europe and from each other. Sweden’s, Norway’s, and Denmark’s codification attempts all looked different, which is the basis of this thesis.
The purpose of the thesis is to examine the similarities and differences between the three attempts, as well as the causes behind the similarities and differences. A comparative method was used to accomplish this task. The goal when using the comparative method was to gain a new perspective on the legal history of the codification attempts to better understand them.
The thesis explains the different codification attempts and discusses their similarities and differences. Sweden got the furthest in their attempt while Denmark barely started, Norway’s attempt was somewhere in between. The analysis examines the similarities and differences in the codification attempts as well as the debate that took place in relation to the attempts. The analysis also examines a Nordic legal culture as an explanation for the similarities between the codification attempts.
The differences between the codification attempts are mainly related to the different political situations the countries found themselves in. Sweden and Norway had just undergone revolutions which led to them adopting new constitutions, while Denmark was still an autocracy. Denmark’s lack of revolution meant that they did not get the push that seemed necessary for the Nordic countries to consider codifying their laws. When Denmark finally got their revolution and the autocracy ended, about 50 years later, the codification fever was over, and codifications were no longer as desired.
The similarities in the codification debate and the fact that none of the codification attempts led to an adopted codification is attributed to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark all seeming to share a Nordic legal culture as well as being influenced by the historical school and their criticism of codifications. (Less)
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- author
- Grimlund, Hanna LU
- supervisor
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- Per Nilsén LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- komparativ rätt, comparative law, rättshistoria, legal history, rättsvetenskap, law, kodifikation, codification
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9153069
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-26 11:49:09
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The purpose of the thesis is to examine the similarities and differences between the three attempts, as well as the causes behind the similarities and differences. A comparative method was used to accomplish this task. The goal when using the comparative method was to gain a new perspective on the legal history of the codification attempts to better understand them.
The thesis explains the different codification attempts and discusses their similarities and differences. Sweden got the furthest in their attempt while Denmark barely started, Norway’s attempt was somewhere in between. The analysis examines the similarities and differences in the codification attempts as well as the debate that took place in relation to the attempts. The analysis also examines a Nordic legal culture as an explanation for the similarities between the codification attempts.
The differences between the codification attempts are mainly related to the different political situations the countries found themselves in. Sweden and Norway had just undergone revolutions which led to them adopting new constitutions, while Denmark was still an autocracy. Denmark’s lack of revolution meant that they did not get the push that seemed necessary for the Nordic countries to consider codifying their laws. When Denmark finally got their revolution and the autocracy ended, about 50 years later, the codification fever was over, and codifications were no longer as desired.
The similarities in the codification debate and the fact that none of the codification attempts led to an adopted codification is attributed to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark all seeming to share a Nordic legal culture as well as being influenced by the historical school and their criticism of codifications.}},
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title = {{Kodifikationsförsöken som inte nådde hela vägen - En jämförelse mellan Sverige, Norge och Danmark}},
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