Albi, Anneli

Job

  • Lecturer of European Law, University of Kent

Personal data

  • Born: August 3, 1977
    E-mail: a.albi@kent.ac.uk

Education

  • Ph.D. Programme, European University Institute (EU Member States’ Joint Social Science Research Centre in Florence), 1999–2003
  • B.A., Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 1999
  • Minor Diploma, Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, 1999

Main areas of research

  • Relationship Between EU Law and National Constitutional Law
  • EU Enlargement, Adaptation of CEE Constitutions for EU Membership
  • The Concept of Sovereignty, Referendums, National Languages in the EU

Grants and projects

  • Fellowship and Grant for Researching EU’s Constitutional Impact on Estonia, Constitutional Law Institute, Estonian Law Centre Foundation (ELC), 2001–2002
  • Research Grants of the Centre for European Research at the Göteborg University (Provided by Axel and Margaret Axson Foundation) in the Framework of the Research Project: Enlargement and Transformation to Democratic Market Economies in the Baltic Sea Region. The Legal Implications of the Association Agreements (2000–2001); The Constitutional Impact of the EU Accession in the Baltic Countries (2001-2002)
  • Eurofaculty Fellow, University of Tartu, 1998–1999
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Internship in EU External Relations, 1998

Professional activity and membership

  • Expert for Estonia in the European Commission’s Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality, 2004-2006
  • Lecturer in EU Law Training Seminars for Judges and Civil Servants in South-East European Countries, in the Framework of the T.M.C. Asser Institute (Joint Research Centre of Dutch Law Faculties, the Hague) and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs MATRA Multi-Country Project ‘The Impact of the Accession for the National Legal Orders of EU Candidate Countries’; General Rapporteur of the Same Programme, 2003-2005
  • Expert opinions to the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia in Matters Concerning the Impact of EU Law upon the Constitution of Estonia, 2001-2005
  • Member of EUI Convention Watch Team - Reports on Media Coverage on the Convention of the EU Future, 2002
  • Expert Opinion to the Legal Chancellor on the Constitutional Impact of Estonia's EU Accession, October 4, 2001. The Draft Amendments Proposed in the Expert Opinion have been submitted by the Legal Chancellor to the Parliament's Commissions of European Affairs and Constitutional Affairs respectively in October 2001 and April 2002
  • Member of the Organising Group of the Student Simulation of the EU Council Summit, EUI, Florence, March 2001
  • Member of Estonia's Team in Telders Moot Court Competition on Public International Law, International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands, 1999
  • Member of Estonia's Team in the EU Law Moot Court Competition, Qualification into the Regional Finals in Turku, Finland, 1998

Participation in scientific conferences and seminars

  • Referendums in the Candidate Countries: Effect on Amending the EU Treaties. In Conference: Enlargement and the European Constitutional Process, College of Europe - Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, January 31-February 1, 2003
  • Amending the ‘Souverainist’ Baltic Constitutions for EU Accession. In Conference: Enlargement of the European Union: Nordic and Baltic Views, Finnish European Studies Association, University of Helsinki, Finland, January 10-11, 2003
  • Constitutional Amendments of Candidate Countries for EU Accession. In Conference: Constitutional Problems of Joining the European Union, Tallinn, Estonia, November 22, 2002
  • The Constitutional Implications of Estonia's Europe Agreement. In Seminar: The Process of Estonia's Integration into the Western Economic System - International Legal Issues, Göteborg University, Sweden, November 2001
  • The 'Souverainist' Constitutions of the Eastern European Candidate Countries with a View to EU Membership. In Workshop: Sovereignty and Enlargement, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 27, 2002
  • Referendums in Eastern Europe: The Effects on Reforming the EU Treaties and on the Candidate Countries' Positions in the Convention. In the EUI Robert Schuman Centre's First Meeting of the EU Convention Working Group: The European Constitutional Debate and Enlargement, Florence, Italy, April 23, 2002
  • The Amendment of Estonia's Constitution in the Light of Foreign and Domestic Expert Opinions, Comparative Experience and Theoretical Perspectives. In Seminar: Estonia’s Constitution and EU Accession: A Legal Dialogue on the Issues of Sovereignty and Constitutional Amendment, Tartu, Estonia, January 14, 2002
  • Constitutional Amendments for the EU Accession in the Other Candidate Countries. In Conference: The Political and Constitutional Problems of Estonia's Accession to the EU, Tallinn, Estonia, February 22, 2002
  • Four Main Conceptual Approaches to EU's Effects on Sovereignty. In Conference: Does the Constitution Need to be Amended for Joining the EU? Eurocollege of University of Tartu, Estonia, October 12, 2001

Hobbies and community work

  • UACES (European Community Studies Association in UK)
  • Estonia's Green Movement Chess (20th Result in the Youth World Championship), Brazil, 1995
  • International Relations
  • Cross-country Skiing

Honours/Awards

  • Italian Foreign Ministry's Scholarship for Ph.D in the European University Institute,1999–2002
  • Arno Mägi Scholarship, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 1999
  • First Prize and Scholarship in the Talinvest Student Essays Competition on Estonia's Future Scenarios, for Essay Sovereignty Versus Democratic Deficit (in the Light of EU Accession), 1998
  • Third Prize in the Legal Essays Competition of the Estonian Academic Law Society, for Essay Estonia's System of Judicial Review in the Perspective of EU Membership, 1998
  • Multiple Scholarships from the Estonian Students' Fund in USA

Teaching practice

  • Lecturer, Open Education Society, University of Tartu, 1998–1999
  • Lecturer, (EU's Enlargement), Free Education Centre, 1998–1999

Publications

  • A. Albi. EU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • A. Albi. Europe’ Articles in the Constitutions of Central and Eastern European Countries, 2005, 42 Common Market Law Review p. 399.
  • A. Albi. The Baltic Constitutions and the EU Accession, in Lindahl R. (Ed.) Transition and EU-Enlargement. Economic, Legal, Political and Social Change in Eastern Europe, Centre for European Research, CERGU, University of Gothenburg, 2005, pp. 179-200.
  • A. Albi. The European Constitution and Constitutional Developments in CEE Countries, Translated into Spanish and Published in Cartabia M., De Witte B., Pérez Tremps P. (Dir.) Constitución Europea y Constituciones Nacionales (Valencia: Tirant Io Blanch, 2005), pp. 395-436.
  • A. Albi. Referendums in the CEE Candidate Countries: Impact on EU Treaty Amendment Procedure”, in Hillion C. (Ed.) EU Enlargement: A ‘Legal’ Approach, Oxford: Hart, 2004.
  • A. Albi (Co-authored with P. Van Elsuwege) EU Constitution, National Constitutions and Sovereignty: An Assessment of a ‘European Constitutional Order’, 2004, European Law Review, pp. 741-765.
  • A. Albi. Common Currency and National Constitutions, in Zilioli C., Torres F. (Eds.) Governing EMU: Legal, Political, Economic and Historical Aspects, Florence: European University Institute, 2004.
  • A. Albi. EU-Amendments of the Central and Eastern European Candidate Countries, in Ziller J. (Ed.) L’européanisation des droits constitutionnels à la lumière de la Constitution pour l'Europe, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2003, pp. 39-52.
  • A. Albi. EU Accession Referendums in the Baltic States, 2003, 11 Tilburg Foreign Law Review, pp. 653-670.
  • A. Albi. Post-modern Versus Retrospective Sovereignty: Two Different Sovereignty Discourses in the EU and Candidate Countries? in Walker N. (Ed.) Sovereignty in Transition, Oxford: Hart, 2003, pp. 401-422.
  • A. Albi. EU Accession Referendums in the Baltic States, 2003, 11 Tilburg Foreign Law Review, pp. 653-670.
  • A. Albi. Referendums in Eastern Europe: The Effects on Reforming the EU Treaties and On the Candidate Countries’ Positions in the Convention. European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre Working Paper, No. 2002/65, available at http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Publications
  • A. Albi. The Central and Eastern European Constitutional Amendment Process in Light of the Post-Maastricht Conceptual Discourse: Estonia and Baltic States, European Public Law, 2001, 3, pp. 433–454.
  • A. Albi. Europe Agreements in Light of Sovereignty and Legitimacy: Case of Estonia. – A. Kellermann et al. (eds). EU Enlargement. The Constitutional Impact at EU and National Level. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press and Kluwer International, 2001, pp. 195–214.
  • A. Albi. Europe Agreement and European Integration in Estonia - Constitutional Aspects. – P. Cramer (ed). The Process of Estonia’s Integration into the Western Economic System - International Legal Issues. Göteborg University: Center for European Research, 2001, pp. 47–120.

Articles in Juridica

  • The 2008 FIDE Congress in Linz and Preparations for the 2012 Congress in Tallinn, Juridica Abstract, 2009, No. 7, pp. 476-477
  • The Estonian Legal Scholarship, the Globalising World and the Ideology of Market Fundamentalism, Juridica Abstract, 2008, No. 7, pp. 443-461
  • Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe: Constitution or Foreign Treaty?, Juridica Abstract, 2005, No. 1, pp. 3-12
  • Estonian Association for European Law Has Been Founded, Juridica Abstract, 2004, No. 9, pp. 648-649
  • The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia in the Legal System of the European Union, Juridica Abstract, 2003, No. 1, pp. 3-7
  • Amendment of the Constitution for Accession to the European Union:expert opinions, Theoretical and Comparative Law Perspectives and Procedure, Juridica Abstract, 2001, No. 9, pp. 603-615
  • European Union and Sovereignty Today: A Possible Response to the Constitutional Expert Committee’s Proposal for Discussion, Juridica Abstract, 2000, No. 3, pp. 160-171
  • Self-Execution and Direct Applicability of International Agreements, Juridica Abstract, 1998, No. 1, pp. 37-40

Articles in Juridica International

  • Estonia’s Constitution and the EU: How and to What Extent to Amend It?, Juridica International, 2002, No. 1, pp. 39-48

Languages

  • Estonian (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • French (Good)
  • Russian (Intermediate)
  • German (Intermediate)
  • Italian (Intermediate)



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