Professor Raimo Lahti

University of Helsinki

Member of the Society Board of Directors

Professor Raimo Lahti is Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Helsinki since 1979 and was Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Judicial Procedure from 1989-1998.

He received his LL.M. (1966), LL.Lic.(1967) and LL.D.(1974) from the University of Helsinki. He also holds a M.Soc.(1971) from the same university.

He was Professor of Criminal Law, University of Turku from 1976 -1979, and was Visiting Scholar, Law School of the University of Wisconsin in 1983. He was a member of the Finnish High Court of Impeachment from 1994-2000.

He was a member of the Task Force on the Finnish Criminal Code Reform from 1980-1999. He was a member of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology from 1983-2000. He is a member of  the Board of Directors of the International Association of Penal Law since 1987 and Vice-President since 1994. He was Chairman of the Finnish Section of the International Commission of Jurists from 1985-89.

He has published extensively in the fields of criminal sciences and medical law.

His web site: http://www.helsinki.fi/oik/tdk/lahti.htm