Young researches
The University of Tartu is the only higher education institution in Estonia authorized to offer a doctoral program in law. Our doctoral candidates actively engage in international research and academic activities, frequently visiting conferences and foreign universities. Many doctoral students also participate in research projects led by professors. We invite you to explore the doctoral dissertations defended at the School of Law.
Doctoral dissertations defended at the University of Tartu School of Law since 1991.
The following list provides an overview of the research topics in the Doctoral Programme in Law.
Doctoral Candidates in Law
Dissertation Title: Contracting authority's right of discretion when concluding copyright contracts on the example architectural works and computer programs
Supervising Professor: Mari Ann Simovart
Supervisor: Aleksei Kelli
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Gerli_Helene_Gritsenko/est/
Dissertation Title: Individual Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes in Cyberspace
Supervising Professor: Lauri Mälksoo
Supervisors: Anneli Soo, Merilin Kiviorg
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Yaroslav_Halieiev/est/
Dissertation Title: The Legal Framework of Natural Language Processing in the EU and Russia
Supervising Professor: Aleksei Kelli
Supervisors: Tõnis Mets, Martin Ebers, Age Värv
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Ilya_Ilin/est/
Dissertation Title: Cloud Computing in the Public Sector- the new European normality
Supervising Professor: Irene Kull
Supervisors: Raimundas Matulevicius, Merike Ristikivi
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Laura_Kask/est/
Dissertation Title: Law and Politics in Reforms and Reform Programs of Estonian Civil Law Between 1918-1940
Supervising Professor: Marju Luts-Sootak
Supervisor: Hesi Siimets-Gross
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Katrin_Kiirend/est/
Dissertation Title: Consumer contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services in the modern contract law system
Supervising Professor: Karin Sein
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Kristiina_Koll001/est/
Dissertation Title: Delictual Liability for Omissions
Supervisors: Janno Lahe ja Leonid Tolstov
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Britte_Koppel/est/
Dissertation Title: Legal possibilities and limitations in using health and genetic data for commercial purposes
Supervising Professor: Karin Sein
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Maret_Kruus/est/
Dissertation Title: Causing Death or Serious Injury Due to Medical Negligence, Based on the Example of Estonian Prisons
Supervising Professor: Anneli Soo
Juhendaja: Ants Nõmper
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Diana_K%C3%B5mmus001/est/
Dissertation Title: The Competence of the European Union to Establish Administrative Sanctions on Legal Basis Outside Art 83 TFEU: the Effect on the Criminal Justice Systems of Member States and the Scope of Protection of Human Rights
Supervising Professor: Anneli Soo
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Markus_K%C3%A4rner001/est/
Dissertation Title: Joint ownership and jointproperty in the legal relationship between the joint owners and in their relationshipwith the third parties
Supervising Professor: Janno Lahe
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Susann_Liin/est/
Dissertation Title: Russian and Chinese approaches to international law and cyber operations
Supervisors: Lauri Mälksoo, Rene Värk
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Liina_Lumiste/est/
Dissertation Title: Defining the General Disposition (Allgemeinverfügung): Toward a More Efficient Remedy
Supervising Professor: Marju Luts-Sootak
Supervisors: Merilin Kiviorg, Ivo Pilving
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Liina_Lust-Vedder/est/
Dissertation Title: Factors influencing Juvenile Delinquecy: The results of International Self-reported Delinquency Study (ISRD) in Estonia
Supervising Professor: Anneli Soo
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Anna_Markina/est/
Dissertation Title: Estonian digital state after GDPR
Supervising Professor: Paloma Krõõt Tupay
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Monika_Mikiver/est/
Dissertation Title: Virtual Power Plants and Battery Aggregation in EU Law
Supervisors: Carri Ginter ja Henri Taskinen
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Iren_Naarits/est/
Dissertation Title: Protection of children's rights in Estonian courts - determining jurisdiction in cross-border civil disputes
Supervisors: Karin Sein and Katre Luhamaa
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS:https://www.etis.ee/CV/Mairi_N%C3%A4ksi001/est/
Dissertation Title: Judicial discretion indetermining parental custodyand child parent contactprovisions in Estonia:children's rights and parentalequality in the Europeancontext
Supervising Professor: Katre Luhamaa
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Liisa_Pakosta/est/
Dissertation Title: Due regard to the fundamental rules and general principles of EU law when making "make or buy" decisions
Supervising Professor: Mari Ann Simovart
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Pilleriin_Peedosk/est/
Dissertation Title: The Relationship between EU Law and Fundamental Principles of Estonian Substantive Criminal Law
Supervisors: Anneli Soo, Julia Laffranque, Jaan Sootak
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Kaie_Proode/est/
Dissertation Title: The necessity to reform patent and trade secret rights due to changed international relations
Supervisors: Aleksei Kelli, Lauri Mälksoo, Irene Kull, Tõnis Mets
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Lisette_P%C3%B5ld/est/
Dissertation Title: The obligation to compensate negative impacts arising as a result of establishment of the detailed plan to a concerned person in a relationship covered by a public law
Supervisors: Ivo Pilving, Urmas Volens
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Heili_P%C3%BC%C3%BCmann/est/
Dissertation Title: Protection of right of ownership and restricted real rights in land consolidation law
Supervisors: Marju Luts-Sootak, Urmas Volens
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Triinu_Rennu/est/
Dissertation Title: Reuse of privately held data for the purposes of official statistics in the EU: the case of mobile location data in Estonia
Supervisors: Karin Sein, Paloma Krõõt Tupay, Dan Bogdanov
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Triin_Siil/est/
Dissertation Title: The legal status of autonomous ships and applicability of navigational rights
Supervisor: Alexander Lott
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS:https://www.etis.ee/CV/Liisa_Sulavee/est/
Dissertation Title: Legal possibilities of themember state to save an EUcredit institution
Supervising Professor: Irene Kull
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Siim_Tammer/est/
Dissertation Title: Protection of stakeholders in mergers and divisions of companies
Supervising Professor: Andres Vutt
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Ivo_Tulvik/est/
Dissertation Title: About the definition of criminal organisation under Estonian law according to Estonian Penal Code § 255 - the limits of punishability of the offence of criminal organisation in the light of the principle of definiteness nullum crimen nulla poena sine lege certa
Supervisors: Anneli Soo, Priit Pikamäe, Jaan Sootak
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Mario_Truu/est/
Dissertation Title: Judicial protection of political freedoms by the Administrative Chamber of Estonia's Supreme Court during 1920-1940
Supervisors: Marju Luts-Sootak, Hesi Siimets-Gross
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Hannes_Vallikivi/est/
Dissertation Title: Land reform as a legal challenge of rule of law in Republic of Estonia in 1918-1940
Supervising Professor: Marju Luts-Sootak
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Karin_Visnapuu/est/
Dissertation Title: Saasteaine heite riiklik summaarne piirkogus paiksest heiteallikast väljutatava saasteaine heitkoguse piiramise alus
Supervising Professor: Ivo Pilving
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Mirjam_Vili/est/
Dissertation Title: Work in the Committees of the Constitutional Assembly and Their Role in the Development of the Text of the Constitution
Supervisors: Marju Luts-Sootak, Hesi Siimets-Gross
Contact: [email protected]
Additional information in ETIS: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Marge-Reet_Usk/est/
