ds_gen N. 7 – 2008 – Siimets-Gross-CV

 

Hesi Siimets-Gross

 

HesiSiimets-Gross

 

Personal data

 

Born: May 17, 1976, Tartu, Estonia. Marital status: married (husband Andres Gross). Children: Joosep Gross (04.10.2003); Mirjam Gross (24.06.2006).

E-mail:    hesi@ut.ee ;                 Tel:   +372 5286478

 

Education

 

·        Doctoral studies 2003 -

·        Magister iuris, University of Tartu, 2002.

·        B.A., University of Tartu, 1999.

 

Occupation

 

  1. 2004 (Sept.) – present - Lecturer of Legal History at University of Tartu (Sept. 2004-April 2006 part time - 20%).
  2. 2004 (Sept.) – 2007 (Dec.) Laywer-linguist at Estonian Translation Division of the European Court of Justice.
  3. 2002-2004 assistant of the Chair of Legal History at University of Tartu.
  4. 01.03.2002-31.08.2002 researcher at University of Tartu.
  5. 1996-1997 lawyer in Hotel “Tartu”.

 

Main areas of research

 

Roman Private Law (especially Classical Roman Private Law), History of Roman Law, Reception of Roman Law, especially in Baltic Provinces of the Russian Empire in 19th century, Abolition of Serfdom, Human Rights in Estonian Republic in 1918–1940, Ethnology of Law, Legal Analysis and Argumentation.

 

Teaching obligations at University of Tartu

 

2007/2008 - … “Linguistic Peculiarities of Texts of Law” for the master students of Philological department.

2002/2003 - … “Roman Private Law” (obligatory, with seminars).

2002/2003 - … “Introduction into Legal Analysis and Argumentation” (obligatory, with seminars).

2001/2002 - … “Legal Ethnology” (facultative; Seminars).

 

Publications

 

1.    “Change of the Roman Law from subsidiary law to the Baltic Provincial Law” (in Estonian) – Acta Historica Tallinensia, 2003, No 7, pp. 41-50.

2.    “Is Wedding Cake Valid Today? About the Legal Function of Wedding Rites” (authors M. Luts and H. Siimets) Folklore, No 22, 2002, pp. 115-123.

3.    "Leo Leement and the Roman Law" (in Estonian) - Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi aastaraamat. Annales Litterarum Societatis Esthonicae, 2002, pp. 114-125.

4.    “Social and Economic Fundamental Rights in Estonian Constitutions Between World Wars I and II: A Vanguard or Rearguard of Europe?” – Juridica International, 2005, pp. 135-143.

5.    "Teaching of Roman Law at University of Tartu in 1919-1940" (in German) - Juristische Fakultäten und Juristenausbildung im Ostseeraum, Stockholm 2004 (ed. Jörn Eckert, Kjell Å. Modéer), pp. 342-365.

6.    Latin-Estonian Legal Dictionary (K. Adomeit, M. Ristikivi, H. Siimets-Gross), Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, Tallinn 2005 (from Ius to vulnus letale).

7.    "The Establishment and Flourishing of the Roman Jurisprudence" (in Estonian) Juridica, 2002, No 9, pp. 626-634.

8.    “Tradition of Research into Roman Law at the University of Tartu in the Mid-19th Century” (in Estonian) – Juridica, 2006, No 10, pp. 720-729.

9.    “Scientific Tradition of Roman Law in Dorpat: usus modernus or Historical School of Law?” – Juridica International, 2006, pp. 76-84.

10.   “Roman Law in the Baltic Private Law Act – the Triumph of Roman Law in the Baltic Sea Provinces?” – Juridica International, 2007, pp. 180-189.

11.   "Roman Law Origin of the Private Law Act of the German Baltic Provinces of the Russian Empire: Fact or Fiction?" – Jahrbuch Junges Rechtsgeschichte (accepted for publishing).

12.   "Specificatio in the Baltic Private Law and Production (Verarbeitung) in the Baltic Private Law Act – Continuity or Change?" – Juridica International, 2008 (accepted for publishing).

 

Translations and editing

 

  1. H. Hattenhauer “Euroopa õigusajalugu” (European legal history), Tallinn 2007 (translation of latin texts, edition of the chapters I, II, V, VIII, IX).
  2. K. Kühl “Karistusõigus. Üldosa” (General Part of the Penal Law), Tartu 2002 translation of 3 chapters (kihutamine, kaasaaitamine, konkurents).
  3. T. Kremer “Õigusfilosoofia uuest põhistusest: Tartust pärit õigusteoreetik, riigi- ja rahvusvahelise õigusega tegelenud teadlane Carl Magnus Bergbohm (1849-1927)”, Juridica, 1999, Nr. 1 (translation of the article).

 

Honours/Awards

 

·        Thomas-Berberich-Stiftung scholarship, October–November 2000.

·        Silvere-Panti commemorative scholarship, September 2000.

·        Eesti mõttelugu Endowment, scholarship, 2000.

·        EuroFaculty Fellows and Masters Programme, University of Tartu, 1998–2001.

·        Scholarship of the University of Tartu for doctoral studies 2003/2004 – 2006/2007.

·        The 2. prize of the Estonian Scientific Academy for the master thesis “The concept and the classification of the things in classical Roman Law on the example of Institutes of Gaius” 2002.

·        II Prize of the competition of the research papers on “15 years of Estonian Constitution” 2007.

 

Studies abroad

 

·        University of München Juni 2008.

·        University of Pavia, Center of Ancient Law Studies (CEDANT) – January 2008; 8.-11. September 2008.

·        Max-Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Seminar “Grundlagen des Rechts” for doctoral students 28. September - 8. October 2005.

·        University of Göttingen June 2004.

·        University of Berlin, January 2003.

·        University of Helsinki, Finland, April-May 2002.

·        University of Göttingen, Germany, June-July 2001.

·        University of Göttingen, Germany, on Thomas-Berberich-Stiftung and Silvere-Panti commemorative scholarship, October–December 2000.

·        University of Göttingen, Germany, June–July 2000.

·        Becker & Becker Law Office, Hamburg, Germany, 1998.

·        University of Göttingen, Germany, Strohmeyer-Stiftung Fellow, 1998.

·        Copernicus Fellow, University of Hamburg, Germany, 1997–1998.

·        Jacobs’ Law Office, Krefeld, Germany, 1996.

 

Participation in international scientific conferences and seminars with presentation

 

·        Helsinki-Tartu School of Young Researchers August 25-28, 2002.

·        The Second Conference in Legal History in the Baltic Sea Area, Lund, March 12-17, 2002.

·        14th Interdisciplinary Symposium of Folk Tradition, Italy, October 22–25, 2000.

·        Conference of the Nordic project: "Legal history on the edge of Europe: Nordic law in the European legal community 1000-2000 a.d. (REUNA)”, Oslo, Norway, 28.-30. April 2004.

·        Conference of the Nordic project: "Legal history on the edge of Europe: Nordic law in the European legal community 1000-2000 a.d. (REUNA)”, Tartu, Estonia, 27.-29. October 2005.

·        “Nordic law: In Comparative Perspective”, Vaasa, Finland, 3.-4. March 2006.

·        Confernce “Roman Law and Modernity: Contract, Tort and Responsibility in Roman and Modern Law”, Tartu, Estonia 25.-30. August 2006.

·        Forum of European Young Legal Historians conference "Crossing Legal Cultures”, Sevilla, Spain, 5.-8. September 2007.

·        Conference of the Nordic project "Legal history on the edge of Europe: Nordic law in the European legal community 1000-2000 a.d. (REUNA)”, Bergen, Norway, 12.-14. Mai 2008.

·        62nd session of the Société Internationale ‘Fernand de Visscher’ pour l’Histoire des droits de l’Antiquité (SIHDA), Fribourg (Schwitzerland) 23.-27. September 2008, "Le contrat dans tous ses états”, “Contract in its various state”.

·        Konferenz «Profesoram Arvedam švabem 120» at Latvian University 2. October 2008.

 

Language skills

 

Estonian (mother tongue), German (very well), English (very well), French (medium), Italian (medium), Latin (good), Russian (good), Finnish (medium).