A leading research centre in Commercial Law in the Nordic region
SCCL is under superintendence of the Area Board of Humanities and Social Sciences at Stockholm University. SCCL was inaugurated with inspiration from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. Today around 25 researchers, focusing on Commercial Law, are affiliated to SCCL, which makes SCCL to the leading research centre in Commercial Law in the Nordic region.
The Swedish Corporate Governance Institute, SCGI, is a new part of the SCCL, and will function as a research panel for corporate governance.
SCCL is in its activities focusing on:
News
SCCL expands into maritime and transport law through merger
At the last board meeting on 14 May 2024, it was decided to merge SCCL and the Maritime Law Library. Axel A:son Johnson's Institute for Maritime and Other Transport Law. The institute is led by Associate Professor Johan Schölin [...]
New research panel is established
At the last board meeting on 14 May 2024, it was decided to establish a new research panel at SCCL, Lawyers and Society. Many prominent law faculties around the world have programs, institutes, centers, or the like devoted to the [...]
Award to Sara Göthlin
Award to Sara Göthlin This year, the Insolvency Law Forum Foundation's Literature Prize went to one of our employees, LL.D. Sara Göthlin, for her doctoral dissertation Priority and Agreement – Intercreditor Agreement in Swedish Law, especially in Insolvency. She [...]
Stockholm-Bonn Law Symposium 2024
On April 10-12, 2024, 23 SCCL members visited Bonn to participate in the Stockholm-Bonn Law Symposium 2024. On the Bonn side, the event was organised and chaired by Professor Birke Häcker Director of the Institute for International and Comparative [...]
Seminar, Sympathy Actions – Under Pressure?
SCCL's Research Department for Labour and Discrimination Law, together with the Institute for Social Private Law, held a well-attended seminar, Sympathy Actions – Under Pressure? 22 February 2024. Over 120 participants attended. The theme was based on the protracted [...]
New doctoral dissertation at SCCL
On 17 November 2023, Girion Blomdahl defended his dissertation Who owns nature – A property law study on the relationship between the use of property rights and the protection of nature. Not least the political discussions in recent years [...]
André Andersson receives the Swedish Bar Association’s award for outstanding contributions to the legal profession
Since 2012, the Swedish Bar Association has awarded an annual prize for outstanding contributions to the legal profession. This year’s award has been given to André Andersson, Chairman of the SCCL and Senior Adviser at Mannheimer Swartling. He receives the [...]
Positive evaluation of SCCL
According to Stockholm University's rules for centres, the activities of a centre must be evalu-ated at least every six years. On 31 August 2022, Professor Ellen Eftestøl was appointed re-viewer of SCCL. On 23 March 2023, she submitted her report [...]
