Professor of Legal History and Roman Law

Board Member of the University of Helsinki

Current Research Projects

- Political violence and repression during and after Spanish and Finnish civil wars.  An international edition  of the monograph Kun aseet puhuvat Poliittinen väkivalta Espanjan ja Suomen sisällissodissa (2016) in English and Spanish

- A History of Political Trials from Socrates to the present day

Education

Master of Laws 1975, University of Helsinki

Licenciate of Laws 1978, University of Helsinki

Doctor of Laws 1987, University of Helsinki

Professional Appointments

Assistant in General Jurisprudential Studies and Legal History, University of Helsinki 1976-1987

Acting Professor in Legal History and Roman Law, University of Helsinki 1984-1990

Docent in Legal History, University of Helsinki 1990

Professor in General Jurisprudential Studies and Legal History, University of Lapland 1990-1994

Visiting Professor, University of Complutence, Madrid, Spain 1993-1994

Professor in Legal History and Roman Law, University of Helsinki 1995-

Senior Scientist Grant, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 1994-1995

Academic Administrative Duties

Head of the Department of Criminal Law, Procedural Law and General Jurisprudential Studies, University of Helsinki 1997-2003

Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki 2004-2009

Board Member of the University of Helsinki 2010-

Member of Finnish Academy of Sciences (2007-)

Chairman of the committee of Human Righs of the Academies and Scientific Societies (2011-)

Board member of the International Association of Law schools (2011-2017)