Kalvis Torgans

Professor Kalvis Torgans Dr.habil.iur.(Ph.D), Head of the Department of Civil Law, professor Faculty of Law, University of Latvia 19 Raina Bulv., Riga, LV 1586 Latvia Phone: + 371 7034527 Fax:     + 371 7034528 E-mail: Kalvis.Torgans@lu.lv

Born: March 31, 1939

Interests:

• Contract Law
• Commercial Law
• Consumer Protection Law
• Civil Procedure

Languages: English, Russian, Latvian

Education

• Latvia State University (Faculty of Economics and Law) cum laude, 1962
• Dr.iur. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in a few Western countries), Tartu University (Estonia), 1970
• Doctor of Law (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Moscow State University (Russia), 1985
• Dr.habil.iur. (Habilitated Doctor of Law), University of Latvia, 1992
• Upgrading: Indianapolis, USA 1991, Louvain-le-Neuve, Belgium, 1994; East-West Forum, Florence, Italy, 1994.

Experience

• Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor - Faculty of Law, Latvia State University, 1962-1976
• Dean of the Faculty of Law and Associate Professor, Latvia State University, 1976-1979
• Associate Professor, Senior Reseacher, Latvia State University, 1979-1985
• Professor of the Department of Civil Law, Latvia State University, 1985-1991
• Head of the Department of Civil Law and Professor, University of Latvia,  since 1991
• Adviser of Parliament (Latvia Saeima) Law Comission, 1991-1993
• Visiting Professor at Northwestern School of Law, Portland, USA, 1999

 

Honours and Awards

• Gold Record of Achievement, American Biographical Institute, 1995
• Man of Achievement 1994, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
• Senator’s A.Loebers’s Award, the Lawyers Association of Latvia, 1994
• Corresponding Member,  Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992- 1997
• Full Member,  Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1997
• Diploma of Honour of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2004
• Silver Emblem of Latvia University, 2004

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee for Economics and Jurisprudence 1993-1996, 1999 -
• Vice-President of Lawyers Association of Latvia
• Sworn Attorney at the attorneys bureau ‘’Lejins, Torgans & Vonsovitch’’
• Honorary Member of the International Biographical Centre Advisory Council, Cambridge, England, 1995
• Head of the Promotion Academic Council on Law, University of Latvia
• Head of the Professors Council on Law, University of Latvia and Academy of Police

Courses

• Civil Law (contracts, tort law)
• Problems of Contract and Tort Law (L.L.M.)
• Legal Writing (L.L.M)

Recent/Representative Publications

175 in Latvian, Russian, English, main: 20 books, co-author of 8 books,  main:

• Commentaries of the  Civil Law. Obligations (art. 1401-2004), Riga, 2000, (co-author)
• Commentaries of the Civil Procedure Law Act (co-author and sc.redactor), 1999 (ed. 1-st), 2001 (ed. 2nd)
• Commercial Law in the Baltic States. - In: The Baltic States at Historical Crossroads, 2001, Riga, pp. 266-280
• Contract Law and Court Practice in Latvia. - 2nd World Congress of latvian Scientists. Congress Proceedings, Riga, 2001, p. 218
• Commentaries of the Contract and Tort Law in Civil Law, Riga, 1993(ed. 1-st), 1994(ed. 2nd)
• Latvian Contract Law and the EU. - Juridica International . Estonian Civil Code in European Private Law Context.(Estonia), 2001, N 6, pp.38-43.
• Comparing and Contrasting Obligation - Related Laws in Latvia and the Member States of the EU. - Humanities and Social Sciences . Latvia. Latvian Law and the EU, 2001, N 2 (31), pp. 5-26.
• "Principles of European Contract Law" and Latvian Civil Law. - Proc. Latv. Acad. Sci., A, 2002, vol. 56, N 4/5/6, pp. 34-41
• Procuration: New and Long-standing Questions of Authoritarisation. - Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Law. (Riga), 2003, vol. 657, pp. 7-18.
• The Concept of Fault in Latvian Contract Law Requires Adjustment. -  Humanities and Social Sciences . Latvia. Current Topics in Latvian Law, 2003, N 3 (40), pp. 96-109.
• Legal Regulation of Payments. 2nd ed., 2004, Riga: TNA.

 

Research Projects

• K.Torgans (Head of Project). Comparative Research of Latvia’s and Foreign Law on Contracts and Liability. Latvian Council of Science (1991-1993)
• K.Torgans (Head of Project). Comparative Research of Latvia’s and Foreign Law on Commercial Activities, Transportation and Building Construction. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1996)
• K.Torgans (Head of Project). Guaranties of Fulfillment of Contractual Obligations under Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law.  Latvian Council of Science (1997-1999)
• K.Torgans (Head of Project). New Commercial Law Act and Its Implementation. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2003).
• K.Torgans (Head of Project). Application and Further Approximation of Latvia's Private Law Joining EU. Latvian Council of Science (2004 - 2006).
• Participation at more than 57 draft laws and regulations of Cabinet of Ministers (during 1990-2004)

Family, hobbies

Married on Antra Torgane (born Tirole), one daughter.
Modern and classical music, theatre, tourism.

Last update 14.01.2005