Open access articles
2025/8-9
- „The rule of law and legal protection of political freedoms in Estonia 1918–1940“
- „Community of property and administration of joint property“
- Priit Pikamäe. Dear Reader,
- Stefan König, Marco Willumat. The (Problematic) Offence of Influence Peddling. Supreme Court Judgment in Criminal Case 1-22-3155
2025/6-7
- Mari Ann Simovart. Dear Reader,
- Pilleriin Peedosk. Legal Translation or Political Compromise? Adoption of the Regulation on In-House Transactions and Cooperation Between Contracting Authorities
- Mario Sõrm, Carri Ginter, Mari Ann Simovart. A Parallel World of Public Law Competitions
- Gerli Helene Gritsenko, Aleksei Kelli. The Role of Public Procurements in Promoting Innovation and Open Data Policy
- Mari Ann Simovart, Deividas Soloveicik, Triin Väljaots. Actual Legal Questions in Estonian and Lithuanian Defence and Security Procurements
- Merily Rool. The Dynamic Purchasing System as a Public Procurement Tool: Legal Possibilities and Practical Reality
- Carri Ginter, Mari Kelve-Liivsoo. Application of the Standard Terms Directive to Public Contracts
- Mario Sõrm, Gerli Helene Gritsenko. When Competition Law and Public Procurement Law Meet
- Triin Kaurov, Vitali Šipilov. Price Change in a Procurement Contract: Contractual, State Aid, and Public Procurement Law Aspects. Commentary on the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Administrative Case 3-21-958
- Paloma Krõõt Tupay, Elit-Marlene Agu. Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case of UAB Profarma and UAB Bona Diagnosis v. Lithuania. Or How the Court of Human Rights Found Itself in the Realm of Public Procurement Law
- "Public procurement law 2025: to make or buy? Current issues"
2024/9-10
- Heddi Lutterus. Dear Reader,
- Hanno Pevkur. Speech by Minister of Defence at the 38th Estonian Lawyers’ Days
- Rainer Saks. An Empire has a Future When it Grows
- Eerik Kergandberg. Security v Genuine Surveillance Activities, ‘Also Surveillance Activities’, and Particularly Covert Surveillance Activities in Estonian Law Disguised as Obtaining of Information
- Tambet Grauberg, Oliver Nääs. Panel Discussion on the Obtaining of Information and Surveillance in Criminal Proceedings
- Kristel Siitam-Nyiri. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office – A New Link in Criminal Proceedings
- Iko Nõmm, Silvère Lefevre. Gradual Development of the General Court of the European Union
- Armani Pogosjan. Parliamentary Crisis. Young People, What do We do?
- Triin Uusen-Nacke. ‘Everyone Knows for Themselves What They Do and Eat’. Validity of the Declaration of Intent after Changes in the Ability to Understand
- Piia Kalamees. ‘Show Your Paw’ – Your Digital Signature, Hence Your Transaction
- Jüri Puust. Responsible Lending: Is It Still True that Debt is One Person’s Liability, But Another Person’s Asset?
- Miiko Vainer. Trends in Preventing Money Laundering and Ensuring Compliance with Sanctions in Estonia. Guarantee of the Reliability of the Economic System or an Obstacle to Becoming a Financial Centre?
- Merle Malvet. Compensation in Case of Work Accidents and Occupational Diseases
- Risto Sepp. Is State-Funded Family Mediation the Perfect Solution?
- Tambet Laasik. Who Wants to Reconcile Forcibly?
Constitutional Law Yearbook 2024
- Kaie Proode, Anneli Soo, Paloma Krõõt Tupay, Andor Aland, Ann Viirmaa. Protection of the fundamental rights of an extradited person in extradition proceedings between Estonia and the United States of America
- Martin Triipan. Observations of the party to the constitutional review proceedings
- Lehte Roots. Multiple and dual citizenship in the context of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia and the European Union citizenship
- Peter Bußjäger. Instruments of direct democracy and citizen participation in Austrian Federalism
- Matthias Klatt. Positive rights: Who decides? Judicial review in balance
- Martin Borowski. Structure of fundamental rights. Part 1. Key questions regarding the structure of fundamental rights
- Karl Loewenstein. The Balance Between Legislative and Executive Power: A Study in Comparative Constitutional Law
- Uno Lõhmus. Rule of Law – what is it?
2023/4-5
- Katrin Prükk. Dear Reader,
- Madis Ernits. The DNA of the Estonian Legal Order and the Core of the Basic Order
- Raul Narits. Prerequisites for the Modernisation of Legal Structures: The Importance of Legal Principles in Europeanisation
- Age Värv. The Role of Foreign Law in the Courts’ Application of Estonian Law
- Uno Lõhmus. Referendum and People’s Initiative. Problems and Possible Solutions
- Evelin Lopman. Can the Climate be Protected Under a General Rule?
- Carri Ginter, Marcus Niin, Stella Victoria Ojala. Living Without Being Married – Assets Subject to Contract Law?
- Paul Varul. Recovery of Performance of Financial Obligations in Bankruptcy Proceedings
- Aleksei Kelli, Margus Pedaste, Äli Leijen. An Empirical View on the Extent of the Use of Educational Exceptions of Copyright
- Laura Aiaots, Anneli Soo. Manoeuvres in Traffic and the Penal Code: Judgment of the Criminal Law Chamber of the Supreme Court of 18 October 2022 in Case 1-20-7409 and Judgment of 3 March 2022 in Case 1-20-3306
- Markus Kärner. Amendments to the Tort Liability of Legal Persons
- Jaan Sootak. Intellectual Counterfeiting. Punishability of Lying in Writing in Estonian Criminal Law
- Marju Luts-Sootak. Law Exam for the First Time. The Year was 1944
- Peep Pruks. Instead of the Epilogue
2023/3
- Katrin Prükk. Dear Reader,
- Paloma Krõõt Tupay. The Decision of the Legislator or the Word of the Court – Who Has Power Over the Estonian Legal Order? JUDICON-EU Research Project
- Merle Malvet. Fundamental Right to Social Security. Practice of the Supreme Court in the Interpretation of Subsection 28 (2) of the Constitution
- Kärt Vaarmari. What Type of Climate Law Does Estonia Need?
- Vahur-Peeter Liin. Consumer Credit vs Civil Procedure: It Is Time to Bring Judicial Control of the Principle of Responsible Lending into Accordance with European Union Law
- Aleksei Kelli, Irene Kull, Kärt Nemvalts. Renewed Regulation of Author’s Contract as a Guarantee of Fair Remuneration for Authors and Performers
- Peeter Roosma. Russia’s Expulsion from the Council of Europe and Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights
- Priidu Pärna, Merike Ristikivi, Laura Vassar. Karl Ferdinand Karlson. Initiator of the Estonian Lawyers’ Days and Innovator of the Legal Language
Constitutional Law Yearbook 2023
- Rait Maruste. The right of a parliamentarian minority to initiate constitutional review proceedings
- Aaro Mõttus. Ex-ante control by the Chancellor of Justice – an exercise of constitutional powers or an unauthorised interference in the legislative process?
- Monika Mikiver. Cross-use of personal data in e-government and legal exception. Does effectiveness overrule constitutional requirements?
- Dieter Grimm. Human rights and judicial review in Germany
- Thomas Simon. The rise and crisis of parliamentary democracy in interwar Europe
- Martin Loughlin. The state: Conditio sine qua non
- Jānis Neimanis. Overview of recent case law of the Latvian Constitutional Court
Constitutional Law Yearbook 2022
- Katre Luhamaa, Merike Ristikivi. The Estonian Judicial System and Judiciary in the Midst of Reforms 1988–1993
- Eero Medijainen. Estonia, the USA and the Versailles System: Ideas and Agreements
- Tõnu Tannberg. Moscow’s ‘Constitutional Amendments’ of 1944: The ‘Independence’ of the Soviet Republics and Domestic and Foreign Policy as Illustrated by the Establishment of the Estonian SSR People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs
- Hannes Vallikivi. Law and Practice in the Appointment of Supreme Court Judges in Estonia 1919–1940
2021/1
- Priidu Pärna. Dear Reader,
- Julia Laffranque. The Constitution Through the Prism of the Human Rights Case Law of European Courts
- Uno Lõhmus. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People and Their Path to Legal Recognition
- Märt Maarand. European Union Financial Supervision: Single Inconsistency?
- Kaimar Karu. The Complex Issues of Artificial Intelligence
- Merle Erikson. Protection of the Whistleblower in an Employment Relationship
- Anneli Soo. The Saga of a Person in Custody Receiving a Long-term Visit: From the Entry into Force of the Imprisonment Act to the Supreme Court Judgment en banc of 11 June 2019 in Case No 5-18-8
- Laura Glaase. Solitary Confinement in Law and Other Sciences
Constitutional Law Yearbook 2021
- Marju Luts-Sootak. The Estonian Republic’s Constitution of 1920 – Is there a Reason to be Proud?
- Hesi Siimets-Gross. The Relationship between Basic Rights and Basic Duties under the Estonian and Polish Constitutions: Parallel or Divergent Development?
- Hannes Vallikivi. Constitutional Review Doctrine in Estonia 1920–1940
- Uno Lõhmus. The Issue of Constitutional Review in the Drafting of the 1937 Estonian Constitution: The Struggle to Establish a Constitutional Court
- Priit Pikamäe. Some Notes on the Formation and Possible Further Development of the Organisation and Procedure of Constitutional Review in Estonia
- Hent Kalmo. Article II of the Tartu Peace Treaty: Past and Present
- Maris Kuurberg. Prohibition against Discrimination on the Ground of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Other than Family-related Rights. The Case-law of the ECtHR
- Rait Maruste. The Impact of the Martens’ Clause on the Modern Constitutional and Penal Law
2020/6
- Hent Kalmo. Dear Reader,
- Marju Luts-Sootak, Hesi Siimets-Gross. Ensuring the Preservation of Human Dignity in Accordance with the 1920 Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
- Uno Lõhmus, Hannes Vallikivi. Additions to the Story of the Birth of Constitutional Review in Estonia
- Rait Maruste. What Judicial Review of Constitutionality Was, Is, and Could Be
- Dan Bogdanov, Triin Siil. Information Technology’s Possibilities for the Protection of Fundamental Rights
- Liis Arrak, Triin Uusen-Nacke. Freedom of Self-Realisation and Protection of an Adult with Limited Comprehension: Does the Regulation of Restricted Active Legal Capacity and Guardianship Need To Be Re-evaluated?
- Maris Kuurberg. Finding a Fair Balance in Cases with an Environmental Aspect: Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
- Heili Sepp. The Searching of a Law Firm within the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
Constitutional Law Yearbook 2020
- Uno Lõhmus. The Story of the Birth of Constitutional Judicial Review
- Hannes Vallikivi. The Fundamental Rights Chapter of the 1920 Constitution of Estonia
- Sven Anton. Concepts of Estonian Culture and Estonian Nationality in the Preamble to Estonia’s Constitution
- Lauri Mälksoo. 75 Years Later: Jaan Kross and His Unfinished Candidate Work, “On the Concept of International Treaty”
2019/6
- Peep Pruks. Dear Reader,
- Gaabriel Tavits. University of Tartu School of Law – Challenges That Lie Ahead
- Marju Luts-Sootak. Estonian Legal Studies as They Are in 2019
- Age Värv. 21st Century Legal Education at a National University
- Ants Nõmper. Crossroads of Legal Education. Speech at the Assembly Hall
- Ülle Madise. On the Clarity and Understandability of Legal Writings
- Norman Aas, Kelli Eilart (Kelly Nõmmiko). Absence of Guilt of Legal Persons under Article 371 of the Penal Code
- Lavly Perling. Why Do We Need Prosecutors?
- Hannes Vallikivi. Ex archivo. Contact of Power and Thought at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu in the Spring of 1936. Proceeding of a Complaint Submitted Against Professor Artur-Tõeleid Kliimann
- Panel Discussion “Public Procurement Legislation Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Myths and Reality”
2019/1
- Gaabriel Tavits. Dear Reader,
- Ülle Madise. Development of the Constitution from a Historical and Comparative Viewpoint
- Madis Ernits. Potential Amendments to the Constitution Regarding the European Union and the Transfer of Discretionary Power of the State
- Airi Mikli. Lessons Learnt from the Administrative Reform
- Vallo Olle. Some Issues with Compulsory Local Social Services of Rural Municipalities and Towns
- Karmen Turk, Maarja Pild. With, or Without a Kratt – That Is the Question. A Civil Law View of Robots and Artificial Intelligence
- Ants Nõmper, Raul-Allan Kiivet, Kadri Tammepuu. Proposal: Reduce the Liability of Healthcare Professionals to Establish Patient Insurance
- Aivar Niglas, Meelis Maripuu. Regulations of the Government of the USSR are not even provided to the Supreme Court of the USSR. On the Forging of the Basic Act of the 1941 Deportation Operation during the Revision of Joseph Stalin Era Repression Decisions in the 1960s
2017/5
- Ülle Madise. Dear Reader,
- Liis Arrak, Aigi Kivioja. Who Should Bear the Costs of Social Services Needed by the Elderly? The Obligations of Local Governments and Families in Financing Social Services for the Elderly
- Maria Sults. Right to Privacy in Social Welfare and Health Care Institutions Issues Detected upon Inspections by the Chancellor of Justice
- Erkki Hirsnik, Marje Allikmets. Restraining at Care Institutions Evaluated from the Viewpoint of Penal Law
- Maret Kruus, Rainis Int, Ants Nõmper. Living Will: for What and for Whom? Forms, Formalising, and the Issues in Implementation
- Group Discussion “Practical Possibilities of Taking Living Wills into Consideration”
- Discussion Group “Should Society Pass a Maturity Exam in order to Legalise Euthanasia?”
- Discussion Group “Dignity at the End of Life of Newborns”
2015/6
- Ülle Madise. Dear Reader,
- Andres Aru, Kristi Paron. Best Interests of a Child
- Suvianna Hakalehto-Wainio. Children’s Rights at School
- Ene Ahas. Separation from the Family: Excessive Interference in Family Autonomy or one of the Measures to Ensure the Interests of a Child?
- Ksenia Žurakovskaja-Aru. The Rights of the Child vs. an Opportunity to Remain in Contact with a Detained Parent – a Reverse View on Communication Outside a Prison
- Anneli Soo. Penal Law Self-defence and Necessity as the Grounds for Restricting the Fundamental Rights in Schools, and their Relation to Subsection 24 (3) of the Child Protection Act Entering into Force on 1 January 2016
- Kristjan Kask. An Analysis of Video-recorded Questionings of Minor Victims in Criminal Proceedings
- Kristiina Albi. Receiving an Unaccompanied Minor Immigrant