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Arnis Buka

Assistant Professor

Dr. iur. Arnis Buka

Head of the Department of International and European Law
arnis.buka@lu.lv 670 347 26

Courses: Law of the European Union, Institutional Law of the European Union, Substantive law of the European Union, Proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights, Current trends in international and EU law, Current issues in public international law and European Union law

Consultation times available here.

Research interests:

Court of Justice of the EU, preliminary rulings, national application of EU law, EU free market, EU institutional law, Asylum law.

Professional experience and achievements:

Participation in projects:

  • 2021-2022 Capacity Building and Awareness Raising to Prevent and Combat Intolerance in Latvia (CALDER), researcher.
  • 2015-2022 Series of projects by European Commission "Participation of the UL in the activities of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation and the European Master's Degree Programme in Human Rights and Democracy", expert.
  • 2020-2021 Latvian Council of Science project "Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Digital and Data Age: Implementation of the New Consumer Purchase Directives in the Latvian Legal System", researcher.
  • 2017-2019 Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the University of Latvia, Effective cooperation project "Establishment of a public monitoring system for the quality and effectiveness of health care", expert.
  • 2014-2015 Study "The Court of Justice of the European Union and its case-law on cross-border judicial cooperation in civil matters on national courts and authorities" conducted by the European Commission and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia in cooperation with the Ministries of Justice of five other EU Member States, researcher.

Publications:

Books

  • Buka A., Barkāne I., Dāvida Z., Kārklis S., Silionovs K. Digitālais pirkuma objekts : patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības likumā ietvertais regulējums saistībā ar 2019. gada patērētāja pirkuma direktīvu ieviešanu. [The digital object of purchase : the Consumer Protection Act's framework for the implementation of the 2019 Consumer Purchase Directives.] Rīga : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2022.
  • Eiropas Savienības tiesības. I daļa. Institucionālās tiesības. (Otrais, papildinātais izdevums). [European Union law. Part I. Institutional law. (Second, updated edition).] Sagatavojis autoru kolektīvs. C.Schewe, A.Bukas, K.Gailīša zin.red. Rīga: TNA, 2020.
  • The Law of the Baltic States. Sagatavojis autoru kolektīvs. T.Kerikmae, K.Joamets u.c. zin.red, Cham: Springer, 2017. (nodaļa „The Impact of the EU Law and International Law”, 172.-180.lpp.)
  • Eiropas Savienības tiesības. II daļa. Materiālās tiesības. [European Union law. Part II. Substantive law.] Sagatavojis autoru kolektīvs. C.Schewe zin.red. Rīga: TNA, 2016.
  • Kačevska I., Rudevska B., Buka A., Dambergs M., Fillers A. Eiropas Savienības Tiesa un tās judikatūras pārrobežu tiesiskās sadarbības jomā civillietās ietekme uz nacionālajām tiesām un iestādēm. [The Court of Justice of the European Union and the impact of its case law on cross-border judicial cooperation in civil matters on national courts and authorities.]  Rīga: Tieslietu ministrija, 2015.
  • Kačevska I., Rudevska B., Buka A., Dambergs M., Fillers A. Efektīva Eiropas Savienības tiesību aktu pārrobežu tiesiskās sadarbības jomā civillietās izstrāde, pārņemšana, ieviešana un piemērošana. [Effective development, transposition, implementation and enforcement of European Union law on cross-border judicial cooperation in civil matters.] Rīga: Tieslietu ministrija, 2015.
  • Blūzma, V., Buka, A., Deksnis E.B., Jarinovska, K., Jundze, I., Jundzis, T., Levits, E. Eiropas tiesības. Otrais papildinātais izdevums. [EU Law (Second, updated edition)] Rīga: Juridiskā koledža, 2007.
  • Alehno, I., Buka, A., Butkevičs, J., Jarinovska, K., Škoba, L. Ievads Eiropas Savienības tiesības (Tiesu prakse un komentāri). Otrais papildinātais izdevums. [Introduction to European Union law (Case law and commentary). Second, updated edition.] Rīga: TNA, 2004.
  • Eiropas Savienības tiesību īstenošana Latvijā. [Implementation of EU law in Latvia.] Sagatavojis autoru kolektīvs. I.Alehno zin.red. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2003.

Articles

  • Mantrovs V., Dupate K., Buka A., Kiršteina B. Latvia's response to the migration crisis on the Belarusian border: A legal perspective. In: Geopolitical and Humanitarian Aspects of the Belarus–EU Border Conflict. New York: Routledge, 2024, pp. 167-180.
  • Mantrov V., Bristonas R., Karklins J., Kelli A., Kull I., Buka A., Barkane I., Davida Z. The implementation of the new consumer sales directives in the baltic states: a step towards further harmonisation of consumer sales. In: New Legal Reality: Challenges and Perspectives. II. The 8th International Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia. Riga: University of Latvia Press, 2022, pp.504-521.
  • Beutel J., Broks E., Buka A., Schewe C. Setting aside national rules that conflict EU law: how Simmenthal works in Germany and in Latvia? In: New Legal Reality: Challenges and Perspectives. II. The 8th International Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia. Riga: University of Latvia Press, 2022, pp.123-142.
  • Broks E., Buka A. Application of the EU Law in Latvian Courts. Strani Pravni Zivot, 2021(4), pp.569-577.
  • Mezinska S., Buka A., Bankava A., Barzdins J. The Effect Of GDPR On Secondary Use Of Data Concerning Health In Research: Latvian Case In The European Context. Rakstu krājums: Legal science: functions, significance and future in legal systems II, Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2020, pp.200-209.
  • Mezinska S., Buka A., Bankava A., Barzdins J. Legal and Ethical Issues in Secondary Use of Administrative Health Data: The Case of Latvian Healthcare Monitoring Datalink. In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2020(270), pp.1138-1142.Controling Obligation to Make References for Preliminary Rulings: Recent Case Law of European Courts. In: Latvijas Universitātes 77. konferences rakstu krājums. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2019.
  • Buka A. Tiesas nevēršanās pēc prejudiciālā nolēmuma kā ES tiesību pārkāpums: jaunākā EST judikatūra. [Failure to seek a preliminary ruling as an infringement of EU law: recent CJEU case-law.] Jurista Vārds, Nr. 19 (1077), 2019.gada 14.maijs.
  • Buka A. Iespējas ietekmēt Lielbritānijas izstāšanos no ES tiesvedības ceļā. [Options for influencing the UK's exit from the EU through litigation.] In: Latvijas Universitātes 75. konferences rakstu krājums. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2017.
  • Buka A. Application of the EU directives in the Latvian courts: tendencies and challenges. In: "Constitutional Values in Contemporary Legal Space”. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2016.