Eivind Smith

Who is Eivind Smith?

Eivind Smith is a Norwegian lawyer and professor of law.

He was born in Bærum, and took the dr.juris degree in 1979. Since 1986, he has been Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

He has published a large number of juridical books and articles. He continued to update and edit the book Forvaltningsrett after the original author Torstein Eckhoff died. Smith has also written the book Konstitusjonelt demokrati, which forms the bulk of the curriculum in constitutional law at the university.

Smith has been the chair of the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 2007 to 2010.