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Ringolds Balodis

Professor

Dr. iur. Ringolds Balodis

Chairman of the Academic Arbitration Court of the University of Latvia
ringolds.balodis@lu.lv

Courses: Constitutional law, Constitutional law of foreign countries

Consultation times available here.

Research interests: 

Current problems of Latvian state law, which are basically related to issues of constitutional law, for example, the work of the Latvian parliament or the president of the country. State-church relations, as well as freedom of religion.

Professional experience and achievements:

  • Individual practicing sworn lawyer;
  • Chairman of the Board of the Legal Sciences Research Institute;
  • Member of the Latvian Republic Central Election Commission;
  • Senator of the University of Latvia, Deputy Chairman of the Strategy Commission;
  • Latvian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member, member of the Supervisory Board;
  • European Consortium for Church and  State research  (Headquarters e Instituto di Diritto internazionale e straniero of the University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono, 7.) http://www.churchstate.eu/Consortium patstāvīgais loceklis - Latvijas  pārstāvis
  • Secretary of the National Security Commission in the 12th Saeima (2014 - 2018);
  • Chief State Notary, Head of the Enterprise Register (2008 – 2013);
  • Head of the Department of Religious Affairs (2000 – 2004).

Publications: 

  • Balodis R. The Procedure for Amending the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and the Substance of Restrictions Established by It . Juridiskā zinātne / Law, No. 14, ISSN 1691-7677 2021,  21 – 48. https://www.apgads.lu.lv/juridiska-zinatne-/-law-nr-14/02/
  • Balodis R. Development of the Normative Regulation on the Official Latvian State Language During the First Period of Independence. Journal of the University of Latvia. Law, No. 15, 2022. pp. 93–136. https://journal.lu.lv/jull/article/view/386/369
  • Balodis R. SCIENTIFIC COMMENTARIES ON THE LATVIAN CONSTITUTION (SATVERSME) Latvian Academy of Sciences Yearbook 2022. p.125. – 128.
  • Balodis R. Religious Minorities and Their Rights in Latvia. Legal Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland Trends and Perspectives. Springer 2022. p. 369-386
  • Balodis R. The Constitutional and Administrative Aspects of State and Church Regulation in the Republic of Latvia. Grām. Religion and the Secular State. Interim National Reports issued for the occasion of  XVIIIth International Congress on Comparative Law The international Center for Law and Religion Studies Brigham  Young University Provo, Utah, Washington, D.C. 2010 p.475- 492
  • Balodis R. Religion in Public Education – Latvian Experience. Grām. Religion in public education (Ed. G. Robbers) Proceedings of the Conference Trier, 11-14 November.  European Consortium for Church and State Research Germany ISBN 9783000360299 2011, p.273-294
  • Balodis R. Imigration and religion in Latvia. Grām. Imigration, National and Regional Laws and Freedom of Religion (Ed. Agustin Motilla). Proceedins of the XXth Meeting of the European Consortium for Churche and State Research Madrid, 12 -15 November PEETERS, LEUVEN – PARIS – DUDLEY, MA ISBN  9789042924833 2012. p. 151.-157
  • Balodis R. Latvia. The Encyclopedia of Law and Religion.  (Ed. Robbers G., Cole Durham W., Thayer D) Brill | Nijhoff Germany 2016,  p. 219-227
  • Balodis R.  Law and Religion in the Workplace in Latvia. Grām. Law and Religion in the Workplace Droit et religion au travail. Miguel Rodriguez Blanco (ed.) Proceedings of the XXVIIth Annual Conference Alcalá de Henares, 12 – 16 November 2015, Granada, ISBN 9788490454626 2016. p. 261-274.
  • Balodis R. The regulation and organisation of chaplaincies in Latvia. Grām. BALODIS, Ringolds, RODRÍGUEZ BLANCO, Miguel, Religious Assistance in Public Institutions – Assistance spirituelle dans les services publics, Proceedings of the XXVIIIth Annual Conference, Jūrmala, 13–16 October 2016 – Actes du XXVIIIéme colloque annuel Jūrmala, 13–16 octobre 2016, Albolote, Editorial Comares ISBN 9788490457238 2018. p. 201 – 216
  • Balodis R. Church and State in Latvia. Grām. State and Church in the European Union. Robbers G. (ed) Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden – Baden Third  Edition, ISBN 9783848754724 2019.  p. 297  – 324.