Research Interests

Morten Kjær, associate professor, PhD

Areas of interest: Legal history with a special focus on the significance of the Reformation, the relationship between law and religion, the history of criminal law and the history of constitutional law history.

Furthermore, I conduct research and teach in legal methodology with a special interest in the history of the method, and the relationship between the method and societal changes, whether they are historical or contemporary such as discussions about law and digitalization.

Selected publications in English:

• Morten Kjær, “An introduction to Danish Legal Culture”, in S. Koch, J. Øyrehagen Sunde and M. Kjølstad (eds.), Comparing Legal Cultures in Europe, Fagbokforlaget 2025, p. 141-175.
• Morten Kjær and Mattias Skat Sommer, “The architect of the Danish-Norwegian reformation: Johannes Buggenhagen (1485-1558), in K. Å. Modéer & H. Vogt (eds.), Law and The Christian Tradition in Scandinavia: The Writings of Great Nordic Jurists, Routledge 2021, p. 68-89.
• Mattias Skat Sommer and Morten Kjær: “The Christian jurisprudence of Niels Hemmingsen (1513-1600), in K. Å. Modéer & H. Vogt (eds.), Law and The Christian Tradition in Scandinavia: The Writings of Great Nordic Jurists, Routledge 2021, p. 128-150.