Balodis, Kaspars

Born: May 15, 1971, Riga, Latvia
E-mail: Kaspars.Balodis@lu.lv   
Tel.: +371 7034560
Fax: +371 7034562

Education
- Dr. iur., Faculty of Law, University of Münster (Germany), 2000
- LL.M., Faculty of Law, University of Münster (Germany), 1994
- Dipl. iur. and LL.B., Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, 1993

Career  
- Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, 2002
- Associate Professor of Civil Law, University of Latvia, 2001–current
- Lecturer of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, 1998–2002
- Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, 1996–1998
- Part-time teacher, Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, 1995

Main areas of research
- Various aspects of the civil law doctrine of legal transactions
- Commercial transactions in Latvian commercial law
- Merchant’s enterprise in Latvian commercial law
- Security rights in movable assets
- Problems of agency and negotiorum gestio in law of obligations
- Irregularities in the performance of obligations

Main publications

1. Sicherungsübereignung im deutsch-lettischen Rechtsvergleich. Riga, 2001 (Dissertation, in German).

2. Problems of Legal Regulation of Pledging Movable Assets. – InLegal Guaranties of the Performance of Obligations. Acta Universitatis Latviensis (Scientific Writings of the University of Latvia), Vol. 621. Riga, 1999, pp. 26–46. (in Latvian).    

3. Commentaries to the Articles 2289–2317, 2325–2346 and 2369–2392 of the Civil Law. – In Commentaries to the Civil Law of the Republic of Latvia: Law of Obligations. Group of Authors under Scientific Editorship of Prof. K.Torgans. Riga, 1998, pp. 571–598, 604–623, 647–669. (in Latvian).

4. Commentaries to the Articles 1130–1277 and 1381–1400 of the Civil Law. – In Commentaries to the Civil Law of the Republic of Latvia: Things, Possession, Restricted Rights in Rem. By Gunta Višnakova and Kaspars Balodis. Riga, 1998, pp. 62–157, 235–248. (in Latvian).

5. The Regulation of Impossibility to Fulfil Contractual Obligations in the Law of Latvia and EU Memberstates. – In Problems of Transformation of Law in Connection with European Integration, Riga, 2002, pp. 262–296. (In Latvian and English).

6. The Role of the Good Faith Principle in the Contemporary Civil Law of Latvia. – In Law and Justice. Selected articles 2002, pp. 2–10. (in English).

7. Proposed Regulation of Commercial Transactions in the Commercial Law of Latvia. – InHumanities and Social Sciences Latvia, 3(40)/2003, pp. 110–140. (in English).

8.  A Merchant’s Undertaking as an Object of Civil Law. – In Likums un Tiesibas (Law and Justice), 3(67)/2005, pp. 66–71 (in Latvian).

9. Conclusion of Legal Transactions in Electronic Form. – In Likums un Tiesibas (Law and Justice), 7(71)/2005, pp. 204–211. (in Latvian).

Articles in Juridica

• The New Regulation of Commercial Transactions in Latvia, Juridica Abstract, 2011, No. 3, pp. 196-205

Articles in Juridica International

• Contractual Aspects of Formation and Composition of Commercial Partnerships, Juridica International, 2005, No. 1, pp. 79-84

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