Ernits, Madis

Personal data

Education

Second State Examination in Law (Applied Master’s Degree), Hamburg Germany, 2001
Legal In-service Training (Referendariat), Kiel Circuit Court, 1998–2001
LL.M. (Public Law and Theory of Law), University of Helsinki, 1998
First Legal State Examination in Law, Schleswig, Germany, 1996
Faculty of Law, University of Kiel, 1996
Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 1991

Career

Deputy Chancellor of Justice, Office of the Chancellor of Justice, 2008-2010
Adviser, Estonian Office of Legal Chancellor, 2002–2007
Assistant, Chair of Public Law and Philosophy of Law, University of Kiel, 2002
Adviser, Constitutional Review Chamber, Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia, 2000–2002

Main areas of research

Professional activity and membership

Has contributed to the Work of the Constitutional Expert Committee and to the Drafting of the Penal Code and to the Reform of the General Part of Administrative Law

Publications

Constitution of the Republic of Estonia. Commented Edition. Tallinn: Juura 2002. Introduction to Chapter II, § 3 (1) Sentence 1, 9–15, 19, 152. (in Estonian).
J. Sootak, M. Ernits, P. Pikamäe, E. Samson. Draft General Part of the Penal Code. Positions of Departure and Reasoning. Tallinn: Juura Õigusteabe AS, 1999, 166 p. (in Estonian).

Articles in Juridica

Interpretation in the Practice of the Supreme Court, Juridica Abstract, 2010, No. 9, pp. 666-686
Freedom of Public Expression and Democracy, Juridica Abstract, 2007, No. 3, pp. 155-172
Freedom of Public Expression and Democracy, Juridica Abstract, 2007, No. 1, pp. 16-29
Delivery in the Light of Fundamental Rights, Juridica Abstract, 2004, No. 5, pp. 321-333
Legal Chancellor, Juridica Abstract, 2003, No. 1, pp. 14-17
Political party in the Estonian Constitution and in the Political Parties Act, Juridica Abstract, 2003, No. Special issue, pp. 5-18
The Monitoring of Rules of Law de lege lata and de lege ferenda , Juridica Abstract, 2001, No. 8, pp. 572-596
Problems Concerning the Chapter on Riigikogu in the Constitution, Juridica Abstract, 1999, No. 10, pp. 472-479
Disputes between Bodies of Legal Persons before Administrative Courts, Juridica Abstract, 1999, No. 7, pp. 320-323
Juristenausbildung or How to Become a Lawyer in Germany, Juridica Abstract, 1995, No. 2, pp. 66-70

Articles in Juridica International

An Early Decision with Far-reaching Consequences, Juridica International, 2007, No. 1, pp. 23-35
Holders and Addressees of Basic Rights in the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, Juridica International, 1999, No. 1, pp. 11-34

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