Scholars of VU Faculty of Law Published a Book “Legal Developments During 30 Years of Lithuanian Independence”

International publisher „Springer“ has published a book „Legal Developments during 30 Years of Lithuanian Independence”, written by scholars of Vilnius University Faculty of Law (VU TF).

This book provides an overview of selected major areas of legal and institutional development in Lithuania since the Restoration of Independence in 1990. The respective 4 chapters discuss changes in fields varying from the constitutional framework to criminal law and procedure.

The content highlights four major aspects of the fundamental changes that have affected the entire legal system: the Post-Soviet country’s complex historical heritage; socio-political and other conditions in the process of adopting new (rule of law) standards; international legal influences on the national legal order over the past 30 years; and finally, the search for entirely new national legal models.

Vilnius University Faculty of Law is also planning an event online to commemorate the anniversary of independence and to present this book.