Borgarting Court of Appeal

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agency_name = Borgarting Court of Appeal
nativename = Borgarting lagmannsrett
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jurisdiction = Government of Norway
headquarters = Oslo
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website = [http://www.domstol.no/borgarting www.domstol.no/borgarting]
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Borgarting Court of Appeal ( _no. Borgarting lagmannsrett) is the court of appeal located in Oslo, Norway. It serves the counties of Oslo, Buskerud, Østfold and southern Akershus. The court has 62 judges and 45 administrative staff. The court is administrated by the Norwegian National Courts Administration. [cite web |url=http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article____10155.aspx?epslanguage=NO |title=Om Borgarting lagmannsrett |author=Norwegian National Courts Administration |accessdate=2008-10-11 |language=Norwegian]

The courthouse dates to 2005 and is an eleven story building—four stories of court rooms, six of meeting rooms and one with meeting rooms—with additional court rooms in an adjoining preserved building from the early 20th century. The building is located at St. Olavs Plass in the city center. [cite web |url=http://www.darkarkitekter.no/borgarting/prosjektside.html |title=Borgarting lagmannsrett |author=DARK Architects |accessdate=2008-10-11 |language=Norwegian]

History

The Borgarting is first mentioned in sources in 1047 as a thing for the counties around the Oslo Fjord, eventually expanding as far as into Grenland and Bohus. The thing was held at Borg. Its laws were codified by King Magnus VI in 1276, when ten judges were appointed. By the fourteenth century, Oslo, Grenland and Bohuslän had their own courts, each with their own presiding judge, and Borgarting was left with Vestfold and Østfold, with the judge seat moving to Tønsberg. In the fifteenth century the seat was moved across the fjord to Sarpsborg, and in 1567 to Fredrikstad. From 1797 Borgarting was renamed Fredrikshald after the city of the same name, and Oslo was renamed Kristiania. [cite web |url=http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article.aspx?id=10162&epslanguage=NO |title=Lagting og lagsogn frem til 1797 |author=Norwegian National Courts Administration |accessdate=2008-10-11 |language=Norwegian]

In 1797 the four "stiftsoverrett" were created as courts of appeal. Akershus Court of Appeal was located in Oslo (at the time called Christiania) and responsible for Eastern Norway. [cite web |url=http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article.aspx?id=10165&epslanguage=NO |title=Stiftsoverrett og overrett 1797-1936 |author=Norwegian National Courts Administration |accessdate=2008-10-11 |language=Norwegian] The current structure with six courts of appeal and their names dates from 1890, with small changes to the structure of the districts in 1936. At the same time the "overrett" ("high court") disappeared. These three courts had been above the courts of appeal, but had used written, instead of oral, procedures. [cite web |url=http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article.aspx?id=10166&epslanguage=NO |title=Lagmannsretten 1890-1936 |author=Norwegian National Courts Administration |accessdate=2008-10-11 |language=Norwegian]

References

External links

* [http://www.domstol.no/borgarting Official site] no icon