nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200413-153103-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200413s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200413-153103-0 doi eng 342 23 Graver, Hans Petter Author aut Fighting the Virus and the Rule of Law – A Country Report on Norway Graver, Hans Petter Verfassungsblog 2020-04-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Governments across Europe are quick to limit personal freedoms in the name of fighting the pandemic. The case of Norway, however, reveals how the process of adopting these measures can compromise democratic discourse and procedure. The main rule of law challenges we have seen here are an overreach of the authorities of their legal powers, a lack of transparency and exclusion of the public from public decision-making and battle over jurisdiction to regulate between the central government and local authorities. In the end, it is not just our health, but the rule of law that is under threat. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Norway Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/fighting-the-virus-and-the-rule-of-law-a-country-report-on-norway/ raw object