Eric Michael Runesson | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Swedish |
Education | Stockholm University Harvard Law School (LLM) [1] |
Occupation | lawyer |
Employer | Supreme Court of Sweden |
Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden | |
Assumed office 3 September 2018 | |
Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 1) | |
Assumed office 20 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Lotta Lotass |
Eric Michael Runesson,born Andersson (born 26 September 1960), [2] is a Swedish lawyer,member of the Swedish Academy and Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden.
Eric M. Runesson became a member of the Swedish Bar Association in 1993. He became a lawyer and partner in Sandart &Partners Law Office in 1996. Runesson became a Doctor of Law at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1996, [3] writing his thesis on the Reconstruction of incomplete contracts. He became a lecturer in 2000.
Runesson was appointed on 14 June 2018 as Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden,effective 3 September 2018. [4]
On 4 October 2018 Eric Runesson was elected to the Swedish Academy. [5] He formally entered the Academy on 20 December 2018 and succeeded Lotta Lotass on chair 1. [6]
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