Faculty of Law

Sukurta: 15 June 2020

tf9 Saulėtekio ave., block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6185,
E-mail:
http://www.tf.vu.lt

Dean – Prof. Dr. Tomas Davulis

 

 

STAFF

111 teachers (incl. 85 holding research degree), 6 research fellows (incl. 2 holding research degree), 45 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Criminal Justice
Department of Private Law
Department of Public Law

RESEARCH AREAS

Integration of the Legal System of Lithuania into the Legal System of European Union
Efficiency of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Punishment Execution Law
Lithuanian Legal Tradition and Dynamics of Conception of Law
Efficiency of Private Law

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2019

D. Veličkaitė. Public interest and the conditions for its implementation in the field of architecture.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2019

7th international conference of PhD students and young researchers: Law 2.0: New Methods, New Laws

Annual meeting of members of Nanterre Network

International seminar of PhD students: 25 Years after Maastricht: Achievements, Failures and Challenges of the EU Criminal Justice Area

Spring of Law Science 2019: Private Law Research: Is the Legal System in Lithuania Ready to Address the Challenges of Internationalization?

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

Jarukaitis, I., Švedas, G. The Constitutional experience of Lithuania in the context of European and global governance challenges. In: National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, the Rule of Law: National Reports. Editors: Anneli Albi, Samo Bardutzky. Hague: T.M.C. ASSER Press, 2019, p. 997–1046. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6265-273-6;

Mikalonienė, L. The individual creditor’s right to hold a corporate shareholder liable for an insolvent company’s obligations outside bankruptcy. Proceedings: The Lithuanian View. European Business Organization Law Review. 2019, 20(4): 801–821; ISSN: 1566–7529 (Print) 1741–6205 (Online). doi: 10.1007/s40804-018-0126-2;

Didžiulis, L. International Encyclopedia for Contracts: Lithuania. Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2019. 381 p. Available from: http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?area=Looseleafs&mode=bypub&level=6&values=Looseleafs~~IEL+Contracts~National+Monographs~Lithuania;

Petrylaitė, D. et al. 2019/1 EELC’s Review of the Year 2018. European Employment Law Cases. Utrecht: Eleven International Publishing. 2019, 1: 2–18. doi: 10.5553/EELC/187791072019004001002.

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

9 Saulėtekio ave., block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Ph. 236 6167, 236 6168
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Habil. Dr. Gintaras Švedas

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Dr. A. Abramavičius, Dr. A. Gutauskas, Dr. J. Prapiestis.
Associate Professors: Dr. G. Goda, Dr. A. Gorbatkov, Dr. G. Juodkaitė-Granskienė, Dr. P. Kuconis, Dr. R. Merkevičius, Dr. I. Michailovič, Dr. G. Sakalauskas.
Associate Professors of Practice: G. Jasaitis, A. Meška.
Assistants: Dr. J. Levon, Dr. J. Namavičius, Dr. P. Veršekys, Dr. A. Vosyliūtė.
Lecturers: Dr. A. Juozapavičius, Dr. G. Višinskis, M. Aidukas, V. Kilinskas, D. Prapiestis, Doctoral students: J. Bagdžius, M. Dobrovolskis, A. Kudaibergenov, U. Markevičiūtė, L. Martinaitytė, L. Mickevičiūtė, I. M. Ragaišytė, R. Steponavičiūtė, L. Šivickaitė, Alaa Al Dakour Al Aridi.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Efficiency of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Punishment Execution Law
Substantive Criminal Law
Juvenile Criminal Law
Penitentiary and Probation Law
Criminology
Qualification of Criminal Acts
Comparative Criminal Law
Criminal Policy
International and EU Criminal Law
Law of Criminal Procedure
International and EU Criminal Procedure Law
Criminalistics

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Challenges of New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence to the Criminal Justice. Head – Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas. 2019–2021.
Research on the challenges that new technologies and artificial intelligence imply to the penal law, penal process and execution of punishments, problems of international and EU legal acts, criminal code, criminal procedure code and punishment execution code and application of the laws and other legal acts, related to them, jurisprudence of national and international courts, and, also, factors and tendencies of penal politics in Lithuania was developed and academically motivated recommendations and publications were prepared.

Main publications:

Jarukaitis, I., Švedas, G. The Constitutional experience of Lithuania in the context of European and global governance challenges. In: National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, the Rule of Law: National Reports. Eds: Anneli Albi, Samo Bardutzky. Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press. 2019, 997–1046. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6265-273-6.

Levon, J., Murauskas, D. Baudžiamosios atsakomybės už draudžiamus biomedicininius tyrimus įtvirtinimas Lietuvoje [Introduction of Criminal Liability for Prohibited Biomedical Researches in Lithuania]. Teisė. 2019, vol. 113: 64–79. doi: 10.15388/Teise.2019.113.4

National Research Projects

Challenges to the Systemic Nature of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania (CRIMCODE-SPEC). 03-06-2019–30-06-2022. Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. J.Prapiestis, Dr. P. Veršekys, Dr. A. Vosyliūtė. Activity Research Group Projects sponsored by Research Council of Lithuania (Project Financing Agreement No. S-MIP-19-18 / (1.78) SU-1074).

Publishing of Vilnius University Research Papers Journal Teisė (Law). Prof. Dr. T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. J. Machovenko. 01-04-2019–31-12-2021. 28-01-2019 No. S-LIP-19-41/(1.78) SU-273, vol. 110–113.

Objectives, Effectiveness, Problems and Perspectives of the Monitoring of Suspects and Convicts by Electronic Means. Development of Competence in a Research Internship in a Project Funded by Lithuanian Research Council. University of Greifswald, Germany. Dr. G. Sakalauskas. 15-07-2019–28-07-2019. 20-05-2019 No. (1.78E) SU 977.
Result: a scientific article is being prepared and will be published in 2020.

International Research Project

The Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Controlling Illicit Trade of Tobacco in Era of Fast Change. Expert: Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, 2018–2020.

COST Global Atrocity Justice Constellations (JUSTICE360) Project (O-COST-19-71). Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas – National partner. 2019–2022

EU-funded Project: Modernisation of Master Programmes for Future Judges, Prosecutors, Investigators with Respect to European Standard on Human Rights (CRIMHUM). 15-01-2019–14-01-2022. Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. A. Abramavičius, J. Prapiestis. No. 2018-3614/001-001.

Contractual Research

Preparation of the Study on the Quality Standards of Judicial Procedural Decision, and Training Organization. Prof. Dr. T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. V. Nekrošius, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Vėbraitė, A. Brazdeikis. 19-11-2018, No. 41P-172A-(4.11)/TPS-2200-2085.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

The Jagiellonian University in Krakow, (Poland)
The Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences – ILS PAS (Poland)
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz (Poland)
Kubane State University, Faculty of Law (Russian Federation)
Faculty of Law, University of Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas –

Prof. Dr. A. Abramavičius –

Prof. Dr. J. Prapiestis –

Prof. Dr. G. Sakalauskas -

  • editorial board member of the journal Kriminologijos Studijos (Studies of Criminology), http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/kriminologijos-studijos/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the journal Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego (New Criminal Law Codification) (A scientific quarterly, published by the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wroclaw, Poland), http://nkp.wuwr.pl/page/-144;
  • member of Lithuanian Association of Criminology;
  • Chairman of Lithuanian Association of Criminology;
  • member of International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Juodkaitė-Granskienė –

  • scientific committee member of the journal Law and Forensic Science;
  • editorial and scientific committee member of Kharkiv Institute of Forensic Science named after Prof. Bokarius;
  • member of the Presidium of Congress of Criminalists of Ukraine, https://crimcongress.com/en/guide/.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas. European Union Criminal Law: Challenges for Ukraine and Lithuanian Experience. Ukraine, Kharkiv, National Academy of Law, October 26, 2019.
  • Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas. The Role of Criminal Law in Fighting Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products: a Comparative EU Perspective – the Case of Lithuania. Poland, Warsaw, Institute of Legal Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, December 11, 2019.
  • Dr. J. Levon. Baudžiamosios teisės mokslo ir studijų iššūkiai Lietuvoje [Challenges of Criminal Law Science and Studies in Lithuania]. Conference: Międzynarodowe seminarium naukowe. Modele kształcenia prawniczego w perspektywie porównawczej. Szanse i zagrożenia dyscyplin historyczno-prawnych w nowym systemie oceny jakości badań naukowych [International Scientific Seminar. Models of Legal Education in a Comparative Perspective. Opportunities and Threats of Historical and Legal Disciplines in the New Scientific Quality Assessment System]. University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, October 23, 2019.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Sakalauskas. Sentencing by Non-Judicial Entities in Lithuania. Conference organized by International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF): Legality, non-arbitrariness and administrative and judicial discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences. Valparaiso University, Valparaise, Chile, March 14, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT CASES OF THE PARTICIPATION OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES

  • Prof. Habil Dr. A. Abramavičius – Member of the Criminal Code Supervisory Commission, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania;
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. G.Sakalauskas – Head of Lithuanian Association of Criminologists
  • Prof. Habil, Dr. G. Švedas – Member of the Law Reform Working Group Concealed by the President of Ukraine. Foreign expert;
  • Prof. Habil Dr. G. Švedas – National contacts point of European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN) in Lithuania. Member of the executive committee.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas. Evaluation of 13 monograph projects submitted by the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences Excellence in Legal Research. Promoting Polish achievements in the area of legal sciences abroad;
  • Dr. J. Levon. Conclusion for the European Commission Compliance Assessment of Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA. 2018–2019.

DEPARTMENT OF PRIVATE LAW

9 Saulėtekio ave., block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Ph: 236 6169, 236 6170
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Nekrošius

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. V. Mikelėnas, Habil. Dr. V. Nekrošius, Dr. A. Dambrauskaitė, Dr. T. Davulis, Dr. V. Mizaras, Dr. D. Petrylaitė.
Professors of Practice: R. Birštonas, Š. Keserauskas, E. Tamošiūnienė.
Associate Professors: Dr. T. Bagdanskis, Dr. D. Bublienė, Dr. L. Didžiulis, Dr. L. Mikalonienė, Dr. P. Miliauskas, Dr. V. Petrylaitė, Dr. R. Simaitis, Dr. D. Soloveičik, Dr. A. Taminskas, Dr. J. Usonis, Dr. V. Vėbraitė.
Associate Professors of Practice: G. Bartkus, A. Driukas.
Assistants: E. Bakanauskas, A. Šerniūtė.
Lecturers: Dr. S. Aviža, Dr. S. Barakauskas, Dr. S. Drazdauskas, Dr. N. Gaubienė, M. Juonys, Dr. N. Kasiliauskas, Dr. T. Kontautas, A. Maciejevski, Dr. J. Maculevič, M. Matiukas, Dr. V. Mitkevičius, Dr. V. Nikitinas Dr. A. Paliukėnas, Dr. I. Povilaitienė, Dr. K. Pranevičienė, A. Šuminas, Dr. V. Terekhov, Dr. E. Tamošiūnaitė-Samaitienė, Dr. T. Varapnickas, Dr. E. Zemlytė, S. Cirtautaitė–Kaminskienė, S. Bronušienė, R. Juzikienė, J. Jonis.
Doctoral students: J.Bartkus, E. Bakanauskas, I. Breskienė, S. Bronušienė, L. Dzindzelėtaitė- Šaltė, M. Gedeikis, J. Jarusevičius, V. Kontrimas, E. Kurelaitytė, V. Kuzminskas, L. Matveichuk, S. Okinčyc, A. Pliner, A. Selvestravičiūtė, O. Shevčenko, A. Šerniūtė, G. Taminskaitė, M. Žukauskaitė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Efficiency of Private Law
Harmonisation and unification of private law according to the EU law
Influence of EU law and European private law to the Lithuanian national civil law and civil procedure law
Flexibility and compatibility of social security of the regulation of labour law
Civil law
Civil procedure
Labour law
Social security law
Roman private law
Arbitration
Employment contract
Labour disputes
Collective agreement
Competition law
Corporate law
Law on Torts
Intellectual property law
Enforcement and bankruptcy in civil procedure
Family law
Public procurement law
International private law
International and EU civil law
International and EU civil procedure
International and EU labour law
International and EU social security law

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects supported by the Budget of Vilnius University

New Forms of Business Organization and Digitization of Justice. Head – Prof. Habil. Dr. V. Nekrošius. 2019–2021.
Research on the execution and regulation of the legal regulations of new business forms and possibilities to digitalize them, problems of national and EU legal acts on civil law, civil process and analysis of labor law and jurisprudence of national and international courts, and, also, the new tendencies of legal regulation of private law in the digitalization era was developed and academically motivated recommendations and publications were prepared.

Main publications:

Nekrošius, V. Zapobieganie nadużyciu praw procesowych w postepowaniu cywilnym na Litwie, Łotwie i w Estonii. In: Nadużycie prawa procesowego cywilnego. Redakcja naukowa: Paweł Grzegorczyk, Marcin Walasik, Feliks Zedler. Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer Polska. 2019, 621–628.

Birštonas, R. Komercinių paslapčių direktyvos įgyvendinimas Lietuvos teisėje [Implementation of Trade Secrets Directive into Lithuanian Law]. Teisė. 2019, vol. 110: 8–23. doi: 10.15388/Teise.2019.110.1

National Research Projects

Protection of Copyright in the Creative Industries. Grant Agreement 19-11-2018, No. S/AGT-16(6.91)/2018/LSS-220000-2092. Prof. Dr. R. Birštonas, J. Liauksminaitė. 2018–2020.

Publishing of Vilnius University Research Papers Journal Teisė (Law). Prof. Dr. T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. J. Machovenko. 01-04-2019–31-12-2021. 28-01-2019, No. S-LIP-19-41/ (1.78) SU-273; vol.110–113.

International Research Projects

EU-funded Project: Small Claims Analysis Net (SCAN). Grant Agreement No. 800830. JUST-AG-2017/JUST-JCOO-AG-2017. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Simaitis, M. Markevičiūtė, 2018–2020;

EU project Network of Experts on intra EU-Mobility - Free Movement of Workers and Social Security Coordination (MoveS). European Commission, EFTHEIA; DELOITTE E Consulting & Advisory. Prof. Dr. V. Petrylaitė, national expert. 2018–2019.

Research in Order to Review Common Directive of Product Safety. Project funded by the European Commission (Civil Consulting GmBH). Prof. Dr. V. Mizaras, expert. 2019–2020.

International Research Project Concerning Abuse of Bargaining Power in the Food Supply Chain. The project is funded by the EU and the Polish Science Foundation. The promoter is the University of Białystok, Poland, together with universities of other EU countries. Prof. Habil. Dr. V. Mikelėnas.

Contractual Research

Preparation of the study on the quality standards of judicial procedural decision and training organization. Prof. Dr. T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. V. Nekrošius, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Vėbraitė, A. Brazdeikis. 19-11-2018, No. 41P-172A-(4.11)/TPS-2200-2085.

Research by the team of scientists on the civil liability of notaries: April-December 2019 (8 months). The contract between Vilnius University and the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries, which funded the research. 25-04-2019. Assoc. Prof. Dr. L.Mikalonienė, Prof. Dr. V. Mikelėnas, Dr. T. Varapnickas, Dr. E. Zemlytė.

Patent Protection: Application of EU Directive 2004/48/EB. European Patent Organization. Prof. Dr. V. Mizaras.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

European Law Institute, Vienna (Austria)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich (Germany)
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London (United Kingdom)
University of Szczecin, Szczecin (Poland)
University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Habil. Dr. V. Mikelėnas –

Prof. Habil. Dr. V. Nekrošius –

Prof. Dr. T. Davulis –

  • editorial board member of the journal Teisė (Law), http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/index.php/teise;
  • Scientific Directors’ board member of the E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies (Italy), http://ejcls.adapt.it/index.php/ejcls_adapt/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the journal Cultures juridiques et politiques (Peter Lang Publishers), https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/CJEP?tab=editorialboard;
  • editorial board member of the journal of University of Latvia Legal Science / Latvijas Universitātes žurnāls Juridiskā zinātne;
  • editorial board member of the journal Studia Prawnicze / Legal Studies (Journal of the Faculty of Law, Administration and International Relation of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Kraków University, Republic of Poland);
  • editorial board member of the journal Трудовое и социальное право (Republic of Belarus);
  • member of the European Network of Legal Experts in the fields of employment, social affairs and equality between women and men of the European Network of Legal Experts;
  • scientific committee member of the European Labour Law Network, http://www.labourlawnetwork.eu/about_elln/members_of_elln/scientific_committee/prm/59/0/index.html;
  • foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS), http://www.nas.gov.ua/EN/Members/Pages/ForeignMembers.aspx;
  • Council member of the International Network of Doctoral Studies in Law;
  • Council member of Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association;
  • member of Collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
  • President of the European Law Lithuanian Association;
  • Series Cultures juridiques et politiques (Peter Lang Publishers);
  • Vestnik ENU im. L.N. Gumyleva. Serija Pravo.

Prof. Dr. V. Mizaras –

  • editorial board member of the journal Teisė (Law), http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/index.php/teise;
  • editorial board member of the Queen Merry Journal of Intellectual Property Law, https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/qmjip/qmjip-overview.xml;
  • member of the European Law Institute Working Group on EU Copyright Law,
    www.europeanlawinstitute.eu;
  • member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), http://atrip.org/membership/members/;
  • member of the Alumni organization at Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Law, www.ip.mpg.de;
  • National reporter by Common Core of European Private Law Project Security Rights in Immovable Property (editors Cornelius van der Merve (South Africa), Gary Walt (UK), Francesca Fiorentini (Republic of Italy).

Prof. Dr. D. Petrylaitė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Miliauskas –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Simaitis –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Vėbraitė –

  • member of the Scientific Association for International Procedural Law / Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Internationales Verfahrensrecht;
  • editorial board member of the journal Access to Justice in Eastern Europe, http://ajee-journal.com/about.

Assoc. Prof. of Practice G. Bartkus –

  • Arbitrator of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID),
    https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/about/Database-of-Panel-Members.aspx#a7;
  • member of the Informal Company Law Expert Group (ICLEG) of European Commission. 2014–2019;
  • member of Advisory Board of Corporate Mobility in the European Union project of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Maastricht University;
  • member of Drafting group of the European Model Company Act (EMCA).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Petrylaitė –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Petrylaitė, D. Human Rights as Labour Rights? International research conference Employment Law in a Time of Uncertainty: 22nd Irish European Law Forum, UCD The Sutherland School of Law, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, December 6, 2019;
  • Petrylaitė, V. Understanding of Social Risk in Lithuanian Social Security and its Reflection in National Legislation. International research conference The Role of Social Risk as the Premises for Shaping Social Benefits Systems (Including Legal, Economic and Social Challenges in the Modern State), Wrocław, Republic of Poland, July 7, 2019;
  • Vėbraitė, V. Measures to Strengthen Confidence in Judiciary in Lithuania. International research conference, Gdańsk, Republic of Poland, October 2019;
  • Nekrošius, V. Access to Justice in Lithuanian Legal System. Cracow, September 20–21, 2019;
  • Birštonas, R. The Implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive in the Baltic States: A Step towards Partial Harmonisation. International research conference Legal Science: Functions, Significance and Future in Legal Systems. University of Latvia, Riga, Republic of Latvia, October 18, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

  • Prof. Dr. Vytautas Mizaras has been named the best lecturer of the year of 2019 at Vilnius University, Faculty of Law;
  • Prof. Dr. Vytautas Mizaras – Order of Merit of the Italian Republic [Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana]. Date of the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Italy – January 14, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES

  • Prof. Habil. Dr. V. Mikelėnas. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. Member of Civil Code Oversight Committee;
  • Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Nekrošius, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rimantas Simaitis, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vigita Vėbraitė – members of the Working group on the Code of Civil Procedure Supervisory Committee, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania;
  • Prof. Dr. Vytautas Mizaras – Member of the Chief Prosecutor Selection Commission (Order No. I-42 of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania of 7 February 2018);
  • Prof. Dr. Ramūnas Birštonas – Chairman of the Lithuanian Commission for Copyright and Related Rights.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Nekrošius. Conclusions for the Ministry of Justice, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania;
  • Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Nekrošius. Scientific Conclusions for the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW

9 Saulėtekio ave., block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Ph: 236 6175
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haroldas Šinkūnas

STAFF

Professors: Dr. J. Machovenko, Dr. B. Sudavičius, Dr. E. Šileikis.
Professors of Practice: Dr. L. Meškauskaitė, Dr. A. Normantas, Dr. V. Vasiliauskas.
Associate professors: Dr. J. Galginaitis, Dr. J. Gumbis, Dr. I. Isokaitė–Valužė, Dr. G. Lastauskienė, Dr. V. Milašiūtė, Dr. J. Paužaitė–Kulvinskienė, Dr. H. Šinkūnas, Dr. V. A. Vaičaitis, Dr. S. Žalimienė, Dr. I. Žvaigždinienė.
Associate professor of Practice: D. Kriaučiūnas.
Assistants: Dr. R. Bakševičienė, Dr. D. Murauskas, Dr. J. Zaleskis, Dr. D. Valančienė, Dr. R. Svetikaitė, Dr. K. Gudas, dr. M. Endrijaitis, Dr. N. Bruskina, Dr. A. Juškevičiūtė–Vilienė, Dr. L. Paškevičienė, Dr. D. Valančienė,
Lecturers: Dr. J. Apolevič, Dr. L. Butkevičius, Dr. J. Baltrimas, Dr. R. Vaišvilienė, Dr. E. Leonaitė, Dr. G. Pažereckaitė, Dr. G. Surblytė–Namavičienė, Dr. J. Vienažindytė, Dr. N. Bruskina, Dr. U. Gailiūnienė, dr. A. Gedmintaitė, Dr. L. Griškevič, dr. P. Gruodis, Dr. R. Latvelė, Dr. M. Limantas, , Dr. D. Poška, Dr. G. Užubalis, Dr. D. Pūraitė – Andrikienė, Dr. L. Urbaitė, Dr. A. Petkevičiūtė, DR. D. Prapiestytė, Dr. J. Vienažindytė, I. Martinkutė, J. Saladžius, G.Taluntytė.
Junior Researcher: E. Ruzgytė, K. Mickutė.
Junior Assistant: P. Griciūnas.
Doctoral students: A. Andrijauskaitė, S. Bareikytė, M. Borusevičiūtė, I. Burneikaitė, P. Griciūnas, R. Janeckaitė, L. Kanarskienė, T. Lukošius, A. Makhmetov, K. Mickutė, R. Mockus, J. Poderis, R. Rudauskienė, E. Ruzgytė, G. Strikaitė, E. Šilvaitė, K. K. Širvelis, L. Totoraitis, V. Turonis.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lithuanian Legal Tradition and Dynamics of Conception of Law
Theory of law
Theory of state
History of law
History of state
Legal sociology
Legal philosophy
Constitutionalization
Constitutional justice
Constitutional principles
Parliamentarism, Ombudsmen
Administrative courts
Principles of public administration
Ecological responsibility
Problems of the taxes’ administration
Public international law
Diplomatic and consular law
EU law
EU institutional law
Humanitarian law
EU substantial law
NATO and its legal framework
NGO and its legal framework
Comparative law of modern legal systems
Law of refugees
Private international law
Legal informatics in global and EU context
Law of international organizations
History of international relations
Law of treaties
EU constitutional law
Case law of the European Union Court of Justice
Human Rights in Europe and EU
Law of the sea
International trade law.

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Problems of Democracy, Legal State and Human Rights in the Digital Age. Assoc. Prof. Dr. H. Šinkūnas. 2019–2021.
Research on theoretical and practical constitutional and democratic issues of the history of law of Lithuanian Republic, challenges that the rule of law, courts and law enforcement authorities and, also, human rights encounter in the digital age was developed and academically motivated recommendations and publications were prepared.

Main publications:

Žaltauskaitė-Žalimienė, S., Mulevičienė, S., Davulis, T., Danėnienė, I., Jarašiūnas, E., Milašiūtė, V., Saudargaitė, I., Leonaitė, E., Jablonskaitė-Martinaitienė, I., Aleksejev, M. Europos Sąjungos pagrindinių teisių chartijos, kaip individualių teisių gynybos standarto, taikymas supra- ir nacionaliniu lygmenimis: kolektyvinė monografija. Ed. Žaltauskaitė-Žalimienė, S. A collective monograph. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. 2019, 440 p. Internet access: <http://www.tf.vu.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LExxx_2019_ES_pagrindiniu_teisi%C5%B3_chartijos.pdf>.

Machovenko, J., Šinkūnas, H. Establishment of a judicial system and ensuring independence of judges in Lithuania, 1918–1920. Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis. 2019, vol. 327: 269–283. doi: 10.19195/0524-4544.327.17

National Projects

Development of the database Lituanistika (09.3.3-ESFA-V-711-01-0002). Prof. Dr. J. Machovenko - Legal Expert, 2016–2019.

International legal science event: Judicial Power in Modern Democracy (JPinMD). July 29, 2019, No. S-LIP-19-82 / (1.78) SU-1627 (Reg. data: 31-07-2019). Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. A. Vaičaitis.
On November 13–15, 2019, international scientific conference Judicial Power in Modern Society was held in Vilnius University and on 15th of November the introductory report Role of Constitutional Courts in the Modern Society was published, http://www.tf.vu.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/conference-programme-converted-1.pdf.

International Lithuanian-Polish Scientific Research Constitutional Consciousness as a Tool for Overcoming Discourse Crisis and Lack of Democracy in the European Union. Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė 2018–2020. Funded by the Lithuanian Science Council.

International Research Projects

International academic research Development of Common European Good Administration Provisions and their Importance to the National law of the Countries Members of the Council of Europe, funded by the fund of science of Germany, with University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Federal Republic of Germany). Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, A. Andrijauskaitė. 2017–2020.

Platform of international academic research Freedom of Establishment of Institutions of Higher Education and Universities in the Countries members of European Union, funded by the fund of science of Germany, with University of Sigmund Freud in Vienna (Republic of Austria), Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė. 2017–2018.

International network of academic research (Network of International administrative act) with universities: Maastricht University, University of Lisbon, University of Lyon, etc. Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, A. Andrijauskaitė. 2019–2021.

Constitutional Consciousness as a Remedy for the Crisis of Discourse and Democratic Deficit in the European Union (ConReDeAssoc. Prof. Dr S. Žalimienė (I. Jarukaitis), Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, R. Ragulskytė-Markovienė, P. Griciūnas 01-01-2019 – 31-12-2021 Lithuanian-Polish Call “Daina”, administered of the Research Council of Lithuania (Project Financing Agreement No. S-LL-19-4 / LSS-220000-1395).

Contractual Research

Preparation of the study on the quality standards of judicial procedural decision, and training organization. Prof. Dr. T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr. V.Nekrošius, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Vėbraitė, A. Brazdeikis. 2018-11-19, Nr. 41P-172A-(4.11)/TPS-2200-2085. 2018–2019.

Participation in the project Preparation of a Study on Application of Quality Standards of Judicial Procedural Decisions and Organization of Training implemented by the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, E. Šilvaitė, S. Bareikytė.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

The European Public Law Organization (EPLO)
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz (Poland)
University of Regensburg, Law Faculty (Germany)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich (Germany)
German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Germany)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. J. Machovenko –

Prof. Dr. B. Sudavičius –

  • editorial board member of the journal Law Enforcement Review (Omsk University),
    http://www.tf.vu.lt/en/about_us/departments/department-of-public-law/sudavicius-bronius-prof-dr/;
  • member of Organization of public finances and tax law of Central and Eastern European countries (Bialystok, Poland);
  • member of European Public Law Organization, Athens (Greece);
  • editorial board member of Central and Eastern European Legal Studies, Athens (Greece);
  • scientific council member of the Centre of Organization of Public Finances and Tax Law of Central and Eastern European countries (CEE), Bialystok (Poland).

Prof. Dr. E. Šileikis –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Isokaitė-Valužė –

  • President of the European Union Studies Association.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Milašiūtė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. H. Šinkūnas –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. A. Vaičaitis –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Žalimienė –

Lect. Dr. A. Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė –

Lect. Dr. D. Valančienė –

  • scientific committee member of the international conference Mokslas ir praktika. Aktualijos ir perspektyvos [Science and Practice. Topicalities and Perspectives]. 2019;
  • member of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network;
  • member of The Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law (SEAL);
  • member of The Cambridge Neuroscience Society (CamBRAIN).

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė, A. Samorząd zawodowy a Sejm w Republice Litewskiej [Professional Self-Government and the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania]. Conference: Samorząd a parlament, reprezentacja, prawotworstwo i wspolpraca. Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland. April 26, 2019.
  • Andrijauskaitė, A. The Principle of Legality and Administrative Punishment under the ECHR: A Fused Protection, Conference of EGPA [The European Group For Public Administration], Belfastas, UK, September 11–13, 2019.
  • Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, J. International Administrative Act in Lithuanian Administrative Courts' Case-Law. Conference of Network for International administrative, University of Lisbon, Portugal, October 31, 2019.
  • Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, J. The Application of the EU Law in Lithuanian Administrative Court Praxis at the EJTN training on Conflict of Norms. Multi-level protection in the Application of Fundamental Rights, Ljubljana (Slovenia), April 14–15, 2019.
  • Vaičaitis, V. A. The Concept of Contemporary Constitutionalism. Yale Baltic Studies Visiting Fellows Reunion Conference, November 20–21, 2019. Available at: https://balticstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/events/yale-baltic-studies-visiting-fellows-reunion-conference

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. A. Vaičaitis. Member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government: https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/group-of-independent-experts-on-the-european-charter-of-local-self-government-gie-.
  • Dr. D. Valančienė:
    o Research group member at Neuro-Relationships, Lithuanian University of Sport.
    o Research group member at Human Rights and Technologies, Vilnius University, Faculty of Law.
    o Member of Law History Centre, Vilnius University, Faculty of Law.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė. Member of working group of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania on the Improvement of the Law on Administrative Proceedings.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Prof. Dr. J. Machovenko. Participated in the essays contest, organized by „Mokslo sriuba“ [Science Soup], blog for the popularization of astronomy “Konstanta 42” and webpage technologijos.lt. The aim of the contest is to popularize sciences and to encourage people who are interested in it represent scientific discoveries in popular manner and to improve their abilities to perform such tasks –17 essays were evaluated. January 2019.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. A. Vaičaitis. Publication Ar Partizanų deklaracija tapo Lietuvos Respublikos teisinės sistemos dalimi? [Did the Partisan Declaration become part of the legal system of the Republic of Lithuania?]. Available from: http://www.bernardinai.lt/straipsnis/2019-02-16-keletas-minciu-1949-m-vasario-16-d-partizanu-deklaracijos-jubiliejaus-proga/174414.
  • T. Lukošius. Publication Liuteris ir teisė [Luther and Law]. Teise.pro. Available from: http://www.teise.pro/index.php/2019/11/06/t-lukosius-liuteris-ir-teise.
  • Prof. Dr. E. Šileikis. Opinion delivered on July 30, 2019, to the Judicial Council at its request on the comprehension of the Article 115 (5) and the Article 116 of the Constitution (in the context of the specific status of judges of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Lithuania suspected or accused of criminal activities).
  • Prof. Dr. E. Šileikis. Attended and spoke at the Seimas Human Rights Committee meeting on November 13, 2019, at the invitation of this Committee (on the draft law of the change of the Amending Article 74 of the Constitution, No. XIIIP-3867).

MOST IMPORTANT RESEATCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES