Peeter Järvelaid

Peeter Järvelaid 2005

Peeter Järvelaid (born November 28, 1957 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian legal scholar and historian in Tallinn. He takes a semiotic and person-oriented approach in his research and has written hundreds of articles on European and particularly Estonian legal history as well as legal education. His work has so far been translated into eight languages. Since 2006 he has been dealing with international relations in the 20th century, which has led him to extensive archive research in Germany and Poland.

Life

Järvelaid studied law at the State University of Tartu from 1976–1981, received his doctorate in Moscow in 1990 and taught in Tartu from 1981 to 1997 (most recently as full professor of legal history). Then he was ord. Professor at the Academy North (1997–2010), Rector of the Estonian Academy of Public Service and Public Security, Rector of the Estonian Naval Academy and 2010–2016 Professor at Tallinn University. He has been a lecturer there since 2016. He was also an advisor to the Estonian Ministry of Justice and has completed countless stays abroad, including as a Humboldt fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History . He is a member of the editorial board of four legal journals.

Järvelaid is married and has three children.

Honors

• Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (December 11, 2003)

Selected publications

• The reception of Kelsen and the influence of the pure legal theory in Estonia . In: Robert Walter, Clemens Jabloner, Klaus Zeleny (eds.): Hans Kelsen elsewhere - Hans Kelsen abroad: The influence of pure legal theory on legal theory in different countries Hans Kelsen Institute - University of Vienna. Manz'sche Verlag, Vienna 2010, pp. 73–88.
• Ilmar Tammelo's early work: The path to becoming a scientist . In: Raimund Jakob, Lothar Philipps, Erich Schweighofer, Csaba Varga (eds.): On the way to the idea of ​​justice. Commemorative book for Ilmar Tammelo . LIT 2009, Vienna / Münster, pp. 5–21.
• Friedrich Georg von Bunge and Leo Leesment. A biographical essay . In: Baltic-European legal history and lexicography . Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2009, pp. 233–280.
• Baltic legal history: Professor Jüri Uluots (1890–1945) in his and our time . In: Juridiskā zinātne = Law, 2008, pp. 73–94.
• 19th century European legal historian Professor Oswald Schmidt - a lawyer from Livonia who taught legal history during the age of nationalism and national awakening . In: Juridiskā zinātne = Law, 2008, pp. 61–72.
• No state without state myth. Kalevipoeg - its state-supporting design for Estonia. An attempt to reconstruct the realm of Kreutzwald and Kalevipoeg . In: B. Diestelkamp (Ed.): Liber Amicorum Kjell A. Modeer . Lund University Press, Lund 2007, pp. 285-294.
• Baltic legal history: two cross-border legal historians Friedrich von Bunge and Leo Leesment . In: Juridiskā zinātne = Law, 2006, pp. 99–138.
• FG von Bunge as professor at the University of Dorpat / Tartu (1831–1842) . In: Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetised XXXV: Tundmatu Friedrich Georg von Bunge: Materjale Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi konverentsilt 200 aastat prof Friedrich Georg von Bunge (1802–1897) sünnist Tartu Ülikooli ajaloo museumis April 27, 2002 . Tartu 2006, pp. 70-75.
• Enlargement of the European Union in the 21st century - either integration or moving on parallel ways? In: Evaluation of legislation: proceedings of the fourth congress of the European Association of Legislation (EAL): Evaluation of legislation in Warsaw (Poland), 15th-16th 2000, Baden-Baden . European Association of Legislation; German Society for Legislation, 2002, pp. 156–169.

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ etis.ee
3. ↑ Peeter Järvelaid jääb suguvõsa juurte juurde . Virumaa Teataja
4. ↑ Office of the Federal President