The Impossibility of Upholding the Rule of Law When You Don’t Know the Rules of the Law The Norwegian Social Insurance Scandal Graver, Hans Petter Author aut Text xx# 2019 Verfassungsblog 2019-11-14 eng
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 On October 28 2019, it became known that the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration has been systematically breaching the rule of law for years when it applied the EEA legislation incorrectly in cases of unemployment and sickness benefits and work assessment allowances. According to the Attorney General, at least 48 people have been wrongly convicted of social security fraud, 36 of whom have been sentenced to prison. Later investigations have revealed that the number is much higher. This blatant disregard of the rule of law illustrates what happens when political pressure meets legal professionals, judges and an administration who are blissfully ignorant when it comes to European law. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Graver, Hans Petter funded by the government EEA european law Rule of Law 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-impossibility-of-upholding-the-rule-of-law-when-you-dont-know-the-rules-of-the-law/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20191114-205952-0 191114 10.17176/20191114-205952-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)