Henn-Jüri Uibopuu

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Henn-Jüri Uibopuu (born October 11, 1929 in Tartu ; † October 21, 2012 in Salzburg ) was an Estonian-Austrian legal scholar. He taught international law and Eastern European law .

Life

Uibopuu first grew up in Estonia, but was relocated to Gdynia (Gdynia) with his mother in 1941 . From there he had to flee to Thuringia in 1945. In 1946 Uibopuu passed the Abitur in Hildburghausen . After that he worked as a musician for almost twenty years before starting his studies in Graz. He played guitar in the Nora Quintet ensemble and traveled with this group to Baghdad and Damascus.

Uibopuu studied political science at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz from 1964 to 1968 and completed an interpreting course for Russian. In 1968 he received his doctorate degree at the University of Graz with a thesis on "The Soviet doctrine of peaceful coexistence as a problem of international law". rer. pole. PhD. The first reviewer was the constitutional lawyer and political scientist Gustav Eduard Kafka . In 1974 Uibopuu was supervised by Herbert Miehsler at the Paris University of Salzburg habilitation . The habilitation thesis was entitled "The international legal subjectivity of the Union Republics of the USSR".

From 1977 to 1995 Uibopuu was Associate Professor of International Law and Soviet Law at the University of Salzburg. From 1978 he headed the department for Eastern Law at the Institute for International Law and Comparative Public Law. He played a decisive role in building the library of the Eastern Law Department. After 1995, Uibopuu continued teaching as an honorary professor for the law of the socialist and formerly socialist states.

From 1989 Uibopuu served as legal advisor to the presidents and foreign ministers of Estonia. In 1992 he took over the post of Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Estonia. In 1995 he was elected a foreign member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences . In 1998 he received the Estonian Order of the State Coat of Arms, 4th class.

In Austria, Uibopuu was awarded the Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class in 1996.

On his 75th birthday in 2004, Uibopuu was honored with a commemorative publication. On this occasion he was honored as the "founder [] of the discipline of Eastern law in Austria".

Works

  • The Soviet Doctrine of Peaceful Coexistence as a Problem of International Law, 1971.
  • The international law subjectivity of the Union Republics of the USSR, 1975, ISBN 3211813209
  • Coming to terms with the communist past in Estonia and Latvia, 1997.
  • The constitutional and legal development of the Baltic States 1988–1990, 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theodor Schweisfurth , Time changes and the development of international law as reflected in a researcher's life: Prof. Dr. Henn-Jüri Uibopuu on his 75th birthday, WGO monthly books for Eastern European Law 2004, 332, 334.
  2. ↑ Obituary in Estonian, in: Diplomatiaa 113/114 (February 2013) available at Diplomaatia.ee
  3. ↑ Schweisfurth, WGO 2004, 334.
  4. ↑ Peter F. Cichocki, The Salzburg Institute for International Law and Foreign Public Law 1969 - 1979, in: Christoph Schreuer (ed.), Authority and international order: Essays on international law, 1979, p. 229 ff., P. 232.
  5. ^ Bulletin of the University of Salzburg of January 3, 1996, under No. 69, on the Internet under [1]
  6. ↑ See the curriculum vitae, in: Werner Weidenfeld (ed.), Democracy and Market Economy in Eastern Europe, 1993, p. 461.
  7. ↑ Estonian Academy of Sciences Yearbook XV (42) 2009, p. 72 f., On the Internet at Akadeemia.ee (PDF; 5.6 MB)
  8. ↑ See Schweisfurth, WGO 2004, 344; However, Schweisfurth speaks of a "Cross of Merit", but only the Cross of Honor can be meant.
  9. ↑ Michael Geistlinger and Sarah Fussek (eds), Environmental Law in Central and Eastern Europe in an International and European Context: Announcement for Henn-Jüri Uibopuu on his 75th birthday, 2004, ISBN 3830505663
  10. ↑ Michael Geistlinger, foreword by the editor, in: M. Geistlinger and S. Fussek, Environmental Law in Central and Eastern Europe ..., 2004, p. 5.

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personal data
SURNAME Uibopuu, Henn-Jüri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian-Austrian legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 2012
Place of death Salzburg