Nordic CONREASON collection of data on constitutional reasoning in the Nordic Supreme Courts

The Nordic CONREASON project applies a comprehensive and systematic analysis of constitutional reasoning in the supreme courts of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). The data documents the argumentative practice of the seven Nordic supreme courts in their leading constitutional cases. The project used the methodology of the CONREASON-project (real.mtak.hu/36806/1/2015_09_jakab.pdf), which ran between 2011-2016, led by Andras Jakab, Arthur Dyevre and Giulio Itzcovich, adapting it to the Nordic context.

The dataset contains data concerning 53 variables, including information on the general characteristics of the cases, types of arguments and key constitutional concepts that appear in the judgments.