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Faculty office:
Yliopistonkatu 3 (P.O. Box 4)
00014 University of Helsinki
phone +358-(0)9-1911
fax +358-(0)9-191 22152

 

Department and units at the Faculty of Law

Department of Public Law

The department of public law hosts the following disciplines: fiscal law, public international law, administrative law and constitutional law.


Department of Criminal Law, Judicial Procedure and General Jurisprudential Studies

At this department the following topics are taught: legal theory, legal history, law and economics, sociology of law, legal informatics, private international law and comparative law, European law criminal law, procedural law, medical and bio law, feminist jurisprudence.


Department of Private Law

The department of private law offers the following disciplines: property law, commercial law, family and inheritance law, law of obligations, labour law, and land, water and environmental law.


The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights

The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights was established in 1998 within the confines of the Faculty of Law to provide a centre for research and study in its field of activities.


The Institute of International Economic Law

The Institute of International Economic Law is a specialized research institute associated with the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki. The Institute was established in 1991, in anticipation of Finland's entry into the European integration process.


Vaasa Unit of Legal Studies

Since 1991 the Faculty of Law at University of Helsinki has maintained a bilingual program of legal study in Vaasa in cooperation with the University of Vaasa and the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (Hanken)

Faculty of Law Library

The Faculty of Law Library serves the staff and students of the Faculty of Law and all the individuals and communities needing legal information.