EU/EEA Law - both institutional and substantive matters, with a particular focus on internal market law and the free movement of persons.

JUS221 Rettsstaten

JUS134 Rettshistorie og komparativ rett

JUS330 EEA Moot Court

JUS287-2-A EU and EEA Commercial Law

JUS399 Master Thesis (EU/EEA law)

2024

• Christian Franklin (2024). Om CENTENOL, prosjekter og problemstillinger - illustrert ved dagpengesakene. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2024). Supplerende anvendelse av hovedreglene om fri bevegelighet i EU- og EØS-retten. (external link)
• Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen; Christian Franklin (2024). The NAV Case in the EFTA Court and the Supreme Court of Norway. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2024). EØS-rettslig metode - om forholdet mellom primær- og sekundærretten. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2024). Diffusion and Differentiation of EU Norms in the EEA. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2024). EØS 30 år: Hvor mye bestemmer egentlig EU over oss?. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2024). «Need to know, or good to know?» om EU/EØS-rettskjelder og metode. (external link)
• Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund; Christian Franklin; Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen (2024). Transparency and efficiency in Advisory Opinion Cases before the EFTA Court. (external link)

2008

• Christian Franklin (2008). Flypassasjerers rettigheter ved kanselleringer, nektet ombordstigning og forsinkelser: Forordning 261/2004. (external link)

2007

• Christian Franklin (2007). The fight against terrorism in the UK. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2007). Prosjektpresentasjon: Consistency & Coherence in the EC's External Relations. (external link)

2015

• Christian Franklin (2015). Limits to the limits of the principle of consistent interpretation? Commentary on the court's decision in spedition welter. (external link)
• Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen; Christian Franklin (2015). Of pragmatism and principles: The EEA agreement 20 years on. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2015). Limits to the Limits of the Principle of Consistent Interpretation? Commentary on the Court’s Decision in Spedition Welter. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2015). Rights of Third Country Nationals under the EEA Agreement. (external link)

2016

• Christian Franklin (2016). Limits to the Limits of the Principle of Consistent Interpretation? Commentary on the Court’s Decision in Spedition Welter (Republished). (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2016). Impossible or simply unwilling - the Norwegian Supreme Court’s findings in Finanger I. (external link)
• Christian Franklin; Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen; Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund (2016). "National report on private enforcement of European competition law in Norway". (external link)

2019

• Christian Franklin (2019). Norwegian Perspectives on the Fundamental Freedoms. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2019). Brexit Roundtable - EEA Perspectives. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2019). Effectiveness and Application of EU & EEA Law in National Courts - Principles of Consistent Interpretation. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2019). Gjennomføring og konflikt - en innføring i grunnleggende EØS-rett. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2019). The EFTA Court and Norwegian Courts – bridging troubled waters? Fosen Linjen and beyond. (external link)
• Ingunn Ikdahl; Christian Franklin; Martin Hennig et al. (2019). Ikke stykkevis og delt - Rapport om Arbeids- og velferdsetatens EØS-rettslige forpliktelser. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2019). Legal Mechanics of the EEA Agreement and Scope for Flexible Adaptability to the UK. (external link)

2012

• Christian Franklin (2012). Om innholdet i og rekkevidden av det EØS-rettslige prinsippet om direktivkonform fortolkning. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2012). "Lost in Translation: Translation of EU Legal Texts". (external link)

2023

• Christian Franklin (2023). EØS-rettslige utfordringer på trygderettens område - Hvor står vi etter Høyesteretts behandling av dagpengesaken?. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2023). Hvordan påvirkes vi av det som bestemmes i Brussel, hvor mye bestemmer egentlig EU over oss?. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2023). Free Movement in the Nordic States: Plugging the EU Citizenship Gap in an EEA Context. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2023). Noen lærdommer fra Høyesteretts avgjørelse i dagpengesaken. (external link)
• Christian Franklin; Félix Olivier Helle; Henrik Bull (2023). Kapittel 13: Særlige regler for utlendinger som omfattes av EØS-avtalen og EFTA-konvensjonen. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2023). EU/Nordic Relations - Legal Commentary on Submitted Papers. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2023). The Unemployment Benefit Cases – Supplementary Assessments. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2023). Free Movement Rights in Norway. (external link)

2025

• Christian Franklin (2025). Anatomy of a scandal - Lessons to be learnt from the Norwegian social security scandal. (external link)
• Christian Franklin; Jaan Paju; Margrét S. Einarsdóttir et al. (2025). A Comparative View of the Comprehensive Sickness Insurance Condition for Residence in Article 7 of Directive 2004/38. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). “Comprehensive” sickness insurance and rights of residence for more than three months. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). Hvordan påvirkes vi av det som bestemmes i Brussel?. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). Praktisk tilnærming til EU/EØS-rettskilder - hvordan gå frem som forsvarer og hvor bør man søke informasjon?. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). Hva kan vi lære av NAV-skandalen?. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). EØS-rett for advokater. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). Anatomy of a Scandal - Lessons to be Learnt from the Norwegian Social Security Scandal. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). CENTENOL - prosjekter, problemstillinger og resultater. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). CENTENOL - the Centre on the Europeanisation of Norwegian Law. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2025). A special edition of the NJEL devoted to an increasingly special(ised) field – EEA Social Security Law. (external link)

2020

• Christian Franklin (2020). Pride and Prejudice: Some Reflections on the (In)discretionary Application of Fundamental Freedoms by Norwegian Courts. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2020). (Gjen)innføring i EØS-rett for dommere. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2020). "NAV-skandalen" - Et kollektivt systemsvikt. (external link)
• Christian Franklin; Olafur I. Hannesson; Omar B. Runarsson et al. (2020). Enforcement of EEA Law: Norway (including Iceland and Liechtenstein). (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2020). Integrering av EU-/EØS-rett på Masterstudiet i Rettsvitenskap - før, nå og i fremtiden. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2020). "NAV-skandalen" og krav til botid og oppholdskrav – i folketrygdloven og trygdeforordningen. (external link)

2022

• Christian Franklin (2022). Travaux Préparatoires and the European Court of Justice. (external link)
• Christian Franklin; Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen (2022). Differentiated Citizenship in the European Economic Area. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2022). Utredning for Minerallovutvalget: Konsesjonsvilkår om bruk av samisk arbeidskraft og tjenester og Norges EØS-rettslige forpliktelser. (external link)

2018

• Christian Franklin (2018). Synthesis - Drawing Some Lines on the Application of the Principle of Consistent Interpretation in National Courts. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2018). Article 2 SCA - Principle of Loyalty. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2018). The EEA Principle of Consistent Interpretation (or something that looks like it) and Norwegian courts. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2018). The Effectiveness and Application of EU and EEA Law in National Courts - Principles of Consistent Interpretation. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2018). Article 3 - Principle of Loyalty. (external link)

2021

• Christian Franklin (2021). EØS-rett – konflikt, metode og ymse rettsspørsmål knyttet til fri bevegelighet. (external link)
• Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen; Christian Franklin; Finn Arnesen et al. (2021). Transparency in the judicial proceedings before the EFTA Court. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2021). EØS-rett, en teoretisk og praktisk tilnærming. (external link)

2011

• Christian Franklin (2011). The Burgeoning Principle of Consistency in EU Law. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2011). Consistency in EU External Relations Law. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2011). The Legal Status of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the Treaty of Lisbon. (external link)

2005

• Christian Franklin (2005). Rettskildefaktorene i EF- og EU-retten. (external link)
• Christian N.K. Franklin (2005). Flexibility vs. legal certainty. Article 307 EC and other issues in the aftermath of the open skies cases. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2005). EC External Relations: A new Treaty model for coherent and consistent application. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2005). Flexibility vs. Legal Certainty: Article 307 EC and Other Issues in the Aftermath of the Open Skies Cases. (external link)

2014

• Christian Franklin (2014). Explaining the Principle of Consistent Interpretation in EU law. (external link)

2006

• Christian Franklin (2006). Norwegian National Report to the FIDE Congress 2006, "Negotiations procedures under the Treaties: An Outsider's Perspective", i P. Eeckhout (ed.) "External Relations of the EU and the Member States: Competence, Mixed Agreements, International Responsibility and Effects of International Law" (2006), s. 165-197. (external link)

2017

• Christian Franklin (2017). Square Pegs and Round Holes: The Free Movement of Persons under EEA Law. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2017). A Legal Cultural "Take" on the Legal System of England & Wales. (external link)

2010

• Christian Franklin (2010). The Burgeoning Principle of Consistency in EU law. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2010). Consistency in EC external relations Law. (external link)
• Christian Franklin (2010). The melting pot or the salad bowl revisited (again - the meeting of legal cultures at the European Court of Justice. (external link)

2004

• Christian Franklin (2004). The "Open Skies" Cases: Enforcing the judgments of the European Court of Justice. (external link)

2013

• Christian Franklin (2013). Reelle hensyn i EU-retten. (external link)

2009

• Christian Franklin (2009). Book Review of "The European Union at the United Nations. The Functioning and Coherence of EU External Representation in a State-Centric Environment", by Maximilian B. Rasch. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008. xviii + 348 pp. (external link)

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Director, Centre on the Europeanisation of Norwegian Law - CENTENOL (2023-2028)

Project Manager, CENTENOL, Work Package 2 - Immigration Law (2023-2028)

Project Coordinator (UiB), "EØS-trygdeprosjektet" (2021-2025)

Project Manager, "Application and Effectiveness of EU & EEA Law in National Courts" (2015-2017)

Project Manager, "Konkurranse- og markedsrettslige utfordringer ved moderniseringen av offentlig sektor" (2011-2014)

PhD project, "Consistency in EC External Relations Law" (2004-2010)