Contribution of Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, to Science, State, and Nation

Abstract

On the hundredth anniversary of the Faculty of Law, the University of Latvia, a professor, whose life has been linked to this Faculty, provides an overview of its development, contribution to training of specialists in legal professions, to the legal science and consolidation of the rule of law within the state. The article outlines the beginnings of the faculty, dynamics in the number of students, the main lines of research and the most significant publications, the contribution by the faculty members to the drafting of laws, involvement in the work of institutions of state power, administration and law enforcement.