Aaviksoo, Berit

Job

Personal data

Education

Career

Lecturer of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 2007–current
Lecturer Extraordinary of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 2007
Lawyer, Legal Service, European Parliament, 2005–2007
Adviser, Constitutional Review Chamber, Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia, 2004–2005
Assistant Adviser, Office of the Chancellor of Justice, 2001–2004

Main areas of research

Grants and projects

Researcher, SF 2006 Grant: Estonian Legal Space in Global Legal Space. R. Narits, Researcher in Charge, 2006–2011
Researcher, ETF 2007 Grant: Legal Theoretical Basis for Delegation of Public Functions to Private Legal Entities. K. Merusk, Researcher in charge, 2005–2008
Fellow, Development of Constitutional Law, Project of the Estonian Law Centre Foundation (ELC), Constitutional Law Institute, 2002–2003
Fellow, EuroFaculty Fellowship for Master and Doctoral Students, 2001–2002
Fellow, EuroFaculty Grant for Teaching Assistants, 2000–2001
Fellow, Restricting Corruption in a Transformation Society (Legal Aspect), Project of the Estonian Law Centre Foundation (ELC), Open Estonia Foundation (OEF) and Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI, Hungary), Subgroup: Corruption in Local Government, 1999–2001

Hobbies and community work

Teaching practice

Lecturer, Constitutional Law. Public Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 2007–current
Teaching Assistant, Constitutional Law System and Administration Organisation of Estonia (lecturer T. Annus). Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, 2000–2001

Publications

Granting of Nationality: Last Bulwark of Sovereignty? In: M.-L. Sootak and H. Kalmo (Eds.). Sovereignty in Transition, 2009 (in press) (in Estonian).
Governmental System of Estonia. In: T. Drinoczi et al. (Eds.). Governmental Systems of Eastern and Central European States. Warsaw: Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2009 (in press), together with J. Põld and R. Laffranque.
The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia Amendment Act, a Commentary. In: E.-J. Truuväli et al. (Eds.). The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia. Commented Edition (2nd, revised ed.). Tallinn: Juura, pp. 771–793, together with J. Laffranque, Ü. Madise, J. Põld (in Estonian).
The Chancellor of Justice, a Commentary (Chapter XII). In: E.-J. Truuväli et al. (Eds.). The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia: Commentaries (2nd, revised ed.). Tallinn: Juura, pp. 655–672, together with M. Allik and P. Roosma (in Estonian).

Articles in Juridica

Judicial Activism as a Function of Constitutional Review. How Activist is the Estonian Constitutional Court?, Juridica Abstract, 2005, No. 5, pp. 295–307
The Concept of Public Meeting in Light of Freedom of Speech, Juridica Abstract, 2004, No. 7, pp. 487–498
Social Welfare as a Fundamental Right: Duties of the State, Local Governments, Family and Other Persons in Guaranteeing Constitutional Rights in the Sphere of Social Welfare, Juridica Abstract, 2002, Special issue, pp. 6–61
The Right to Higher Education in the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, Juridica Abstract, 2001, No. 5, pp. 287–295
Contracting Out of Local Government Functions and Corruption, Juridica Abstract, 2000, No. 8, pp. 508–517

Articles in Juridica International

Judicial Activism in Constitutional Review Decisions of the Supreme Court of Estonia, Juridica International, 2007, No. 2, pp. 60–69

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