Faculty of Law

Sukurta: 27 May 2021

tf9 Saulėtekio Ave, block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6185,
E-mail:
http://www.tf.vu.lt
Dean – Prof. Dr Tomas Davulis


STAFF

110 teachers (incl. 82 holding research degree), 6 research fellows (incl. 4 holding research degree), 44 doctoral students

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Criminal Justice
Department of Private Law
Department of Public Law
Research and Innovation Department

RESEARCH AREAS

Challenges of new technologies and artificial intelligence for criminal justice
Problems of legal regulation of new forms of business and digitization of administration of justice
Challenges to democracy, the rule of law and human rights in the digital age.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2020

Renata Juzikienė. Enterprise mortgage – the widest-in-scope form of the commercial charge.
Vaidas Kontrimas. Approaches to problems regarding compensation of damages caused by unfair competition actions.
Laurynas Balčiūnas. International standards, the EU recovery and resolution legal framework origins, objectives and implementation issues: past, present, future.
Evelina Agota Vitkutė. Liberal professions: regulation, deregulation and self-regulation.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2020

8th international conference of PhD students and young researchers The Future Decade of the EU Law

Searching for the Legal Identity of the European Union: Changing Legal Standards for Human Rights and Economic Freedoms in Europe (together with the Supreme Court of Lithuania)

Spring of Law Science 2020: Expert of Criminal Justice research: criminal and civil law divide quest

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020

Surblytė-Namavičienė, G. Competition and regulation in the data economy: does artificial intelligence demand a new balance? Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2020. 296 p. DOI: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/competition-and-regulation-in-the-data-economy-9781788116640.html.

Švedas, G., Markevičiūtė, U. The EPPO Implementation: a perspective from the Republic of Lithuania. K. Ligeti, M. J. Antunes, F. Giuffrida. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office at Launch: Adapting National Systems, Transforming EU Criminal Law, series Giustizia Penal Europea, CEDAM. Wolters Kluwer, 2020, p. 171–185.

Vosyliūtė, A., Abramavičius, A. Doubtful aspects of the application of the features aggravating theft in Lithuania case law. Štát a právo. Banská Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici Právnická fakulta. 2020, 7(2–3) 130–152.

Birštonas, R., Mantov, V., Tavits, G., Kelli, A. Implementation of trade secrets directive in Baltic States: a step towards partial harmonisation. Legal Science: Functions, Significance and Future in Legal Systems: 7th international conference of the faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, 16–18 October, 2019, Riga. 2020, p. 348–363. DOI: 10.22364/iscflul.7.2.28.

Kelli, A., Tavast, A., Lindén, K., Birštonas, R., Labropoulou, P., Vider, K., Kull, I., Tavits, G., Varv, A., Mantrov, V. Impact of legal status of data on development of data-intensive products: example of language technologies. Legal Science: Functions, Significance and Future in Legal Systems: 7th international conference of the faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, 16–18 October, 2019, Riga. 2020, p. 383–400. DOI: 10.22364/iscflul.7.2.31.

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

9 Saulėtekio Ave, block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 236 6167, 236 6168
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Habil. Gintaras Švedas

STAFF

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

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 2020

Projects Supported by University Budget

Challenges of New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence to the Criminal Justice. Head – Prof. Dr Habil. 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:

Švedas, G., Merkevičius, R. Landerbericht Litauen. AMBOS K., KONIG S., RACKOW P. Rechtshilferecht in Strafsachen. 2 Auflage, 2020, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, p. 1683–1692.

Vosyliūtė, A., Abramavičius, A. Doubtful aspects of the application of the features aggravating theft in Lithuania case law. Štát a právo. Banská Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici Právnická fakulta. 2020, 7(2–3): 130–152.

National Research Projects

Challenges to the Systemic Nature of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania (CRIMCODE-SPEC). 03 June 2019–30 June 2022. Prof. Dr Habil. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis, Dr P. Veršekys, Assoc. Prof. 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).

Modernisation of Master Programmes for Future Judges, Prosecutors, Investigators with Respect to European Standard on Human Rights. 15 January 2019–14 January 2022. Prof. Dr Habil. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr A. Armanavičius, Prof. Dr J.Prapiestis.

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

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. Dr Habil. G. Švedas. 2018–2020.

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

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

Jagiellonian University in Krakow, (Poland)
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. Dr Habil. G. Švedas –

Prof. Dr A. Abramavičius –

Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis –

Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Sakalauskas -

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/.

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 Management committee.

 

DEPARTMENT OF PRIVATE LAW

9 Saulėtekio Ave, block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 236 6169, 236 6170
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Habil. Vytautas Nekrošius

STAFF

Professors: Dr Habil. V. Mikelėnas, Dr Habil. V. Nekrošius, Dr T. Davulis, Dr V. Mizaras, Dr D. Petrylaitė, Dr R. Birštonas, Dr.A. Dambrauskaitė.
Professors of practice: Š. Keserauskas, E. Tamošiūnienė, A. Driukas, A. Taminskas.
Associate professors: Dr T. Bagdanskis, Dr L. Mikalonienė, Dr P. Miliauskas, Dr V. Petrylaitė, Dr R. Simaitis, Dr D. Soloveičik, Dr J. Usonis, Dr V. Vėbraitė, Dr D. Bublienė, Dr L. Didžiulis.
Associate professors of practice: G. Bartkus.
Assistants: E. Bakanauskas, J. Bartkus, E. Kurelaitytė, A. Šerniūtė.
Lecturers: Dr S. Aviža, Dr S. Barakauskas, Dr R. Daujotas, Dr S. Drazdauskas, Dr N. Gaubienė, Dr P. Jurčys, Dr R. Juzikienė, Dr N. Kasiliauskas, Dr T. Kontautas, Dr J. Maculevič, Dr A. Paliukėnas, Dr I. Povilaitienė, Dr K. Pranevičienė, Dr M. Rimkevičius, Dr V. Terekhov, Dr E. Tamošiūnaitė-Samaitienė, Dr T. Varapnickas, Dr E. Zemlytė, M. Austys, S. Cirtautaitė-Kaminskienė, M. Juonys, A. Maciejevski, M. Matiukas, A. Šekštelo, A. Šuminas, G. Taminskaitė, S. Vilkelytė, M. Žukauskaitė-Tatorė.
Doctoral students: E. Kadys, P. Riepin, J.Bartkus, E. Bakanauskas, I. Breskienė, L. Dzindzelėtaitė- Šaltė, M. Gedeikis, J. Jarusevičius, E. Kurelaitytė, V. Kuzminskas, L. Krupovič, S. Okinčic, A. Selvestravičiūtė, O. Shevchenko, A. Šerniūtė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Efficiency of private law
Harmonisation and unification of private law according to 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 2020

Projects supported by the Budget of Vilnius University

New Forms of Business Organization and Digitization of Justice. Head – Prof. Dr Habil. 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:

Mikalonienė, L. Individual owner compensation in a hybrid limited liability entity in a comparative context: LLC (the USA), LLP (the UK) and the small partnership (Lithuania). European Business Organization Law Review. 2020, 21: 915–936. DOI: 10.1007/s40804-020-00199-4.

Kelli, A.. Tavast, A., Lindén, K., Vider, K., Birštonas, R., Labropoulou, P., Kull, I., Tavits, G., Värv, A., Straňák, P., Hajic, J. The impact of copyright and personal data laws on the creation and use of models for language technologies. Selected papers from the CLARIN Annual Conference 2019: proceedings. Linköping University Electronic Press. 2020, 172, 53–65.

Aфанасьев, С. Ф., Борисова, В. Ф., Зарубина, М. Н., Кудрявцева, E. A., Курочкин, С. А., Лукьянова, И. Н., Nekrošius, V. [Некрошюс, В.], Самсонова, М. В., Смагина, Е. С., Соловых, С. Ж., Стрельцова, Е. Г., Чайкина, А. В., Черных, И. И. Преимущества и риски применения современных технологий в гражданском процессе. Вестник гражданского процесса. 2020, 10:4. DOI: 10.24031/2226-0781-2020-10-4-270-294.

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. Dr Habil. G. Švedas, Prof. Dr J. Machovenko. 01 April 2019–31 December 2021. 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-fundend project EFFORTS – Towards More Effective Enforcement of Claims in Civil and Commercial Matters within the EU. Project no (2019) 7263870-25/11/2019). Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė, M. Markevičiūtė. 2020–2022.

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.

EU funded project Strengthening the Capacity of State Bodies and Local Level Referral Mechanisms to Provide Safety and Support to Victims of Domestic Violence in Azerbaijan (Contract no: ENI/2020/416-910). Prof. Dr T. Davulis, Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė Kulvinskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Michailovič, Dr A. Limantė, Dr D. Pūraitė-Andrikienė, Assoc. Prof. A. Meška, Gintaras Kryževičius. 1 September 2020–31 October 2021.

Posting of Workers: Enhancing Administrative Cooperation and Access to Information. Project Funding: under European Commission STEP UP Protection – Stepping up The European cooperation and communication among Public and Private organizations for the PROTECTION of posted workers’ rights“ (Project registration No. (2019) 7263870-25/11/2019). Prof. D. Petrylaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Vida Petrylaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Usonis, PhD student G. Taminskaitė, 01 January 2020–31 December 2021.

Strengthening of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Lithuania and Ukraine: Finding the Cross-Border Solution. Project funding: under Cooperation Programme in Science and Technology of Lithuania and Ukraine (Project registration No. TAP-LU-20-56). Prof. Dr Habil. Vytautas Nekrošius, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, PhD student Miglė Žukauskaitė.

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. Dr Habil. V. Mikelėnas.

Contractual Research

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. Dr Habil. V. Mikelėnas –

Prof. Dr Habil. 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;
  • editorial board member of series Cultures juridiques et politiques (Peter Lang Publishers);
  • editorial board member of 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 (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 –

Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Petrylaitė –

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. Dr Habil. V. Mikelėnas. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. Member of Civil Code Oversight Committee;
  • Prof. Dr Habil. 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. Dr Habil. Vytautas Nekrošius. Conclusions for the Ministry of Justice, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania;
  • Prof. Dr Habil. Vytautas Nekrošius. Scientific Conclusions for the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries.

 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW

9 Saulėtekio Ave, block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6175
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Haroldas Šinkūnas

STAFF

Professors: Dr J. Machovenko, Dr J. Paužaitė–Kulvinskienė, Dr B. Sudavičius, Dr E. Šileikis
Professors of practice: Dr L. Meškauskaitė, Dr A. Normantas, Dr V. Vasiliauskas.
Associate professors: Dr M. Endrijaitis, Dr J. Galginaitis, Dr J. Gumbis, Dr I. Isokaitė–Valužė, Dr G. Lastauskienė, Dr V. Milašiūtė, 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 N. Bruskina, Dr A. Juškevičiūtė–Vilienė, Dr L. Paškevičienė.
Lecturers: Dr M. Ambrasaitė – Valentinavičienė, Dr J. Apolevič, Dr L. Butkevičius, Dr J. Baltrimas, Dr E. Leonaitė, 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, Dr I. Martinkutė, J. Saladžius, G.Taluntytė.
Teaching assistants: M. Borusevičiūtė, T. Lukošius, E. Ruzgytė – Dargienė, G. Strikaitė – Latušinskaja.
Doctoral students: A. Rudinskas, S. Stonkus, A. Andrijauskaitė, S. Bareikytė, M. Borusevičiūtė, P. Griciūnas, L. Kanarskienė, T. Lukošius, A. Makhmetov, K. Mickutė, R. Mockus, J. Poderis, R. Rudauskienė, E. Ruzgytė-Dargienė, G. Strikaitė-Latušinskaja, E. Šilvaitė, K. K. Širvelis, V. Turonis, K. Mickutė, Al Dakour Al Aridi Alaa.

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 2020

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 publication:

Surblytė-Namavičienė, G. Competition and regulation in the data economy: does artificial intelligence demand a new balance? Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2020. 296 p. DOI: <https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/competition-and-regulation-in-the-data-economy-9781788116640.html>

National Projects

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

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). Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, A. Andrijauskaitė. 2017–2020.

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), Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, R. Ragulskytė-Markovienė, P. Griciūnas. 01 January 2019–31 December 2021. Lithuanian-Polish Call Daina, administered by the Research Council of Lithuania (Project Financing Agreement No. S-LL-19-4 / LSS-220000-1395).

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 V. A. Vaičaitis –

Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Žalimienė –

Lect. Dr A. Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė –

Lect. Dr D. Valančienė –

  • member of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network;
  • member of The Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law (SEAL);
  • member of The Cambridge Neuroscience Society (CamBRAIN).

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.
  • 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.

 

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT

9 Saulėtekio Ave., block 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6183

STAFF

Head of administration: Prof. Dr L. Gasparėnienė.
Project manager: Dr R. Ginevičius, Dr R. Remeikienė, H. Petkus.
Research assistant: E. Raistenskis.

Main publications:

Gasparėnienė, L., Remeikienė, R., Sosidko, A., Vėbraitė, V., Raistenskis, E. Modelling of EURO STOXX 50 index price returns based on industrial production surprises: basic and machine learning approach. Entrepreneusrhip and Sustainability Issues. 2020, 8(2): 1305–1320. DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2020.8.2(77).

Remeikienė, R., Gasparėnienė, L., Chadyšas, V., Raistenskis, E. Links between corruption and quality of life in European Union. Entrepreneusrhip and Sustainability Issues. 2020, 7(4): 2664–2675. DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2020.7.4(7).

National Research Projects

LMT funded project COVID-19 Organisational, Economic and Legal Grounds to Optimize Psychological Help for Professionals Working in Extreme Conditions. T. Davulis, E. Raistenskis, A. Bagdonas (VU Fsf), L. Remeikienė, (MRU) L. Gasparėnienė (MRU). 01 June 2020–31 December 2020.

Main publications:

Gasparėnienė, L., Remeikienė, R., Raistenskis, E. Interdependence between money laundering and cigarette smuggling: empirical evidence from Ukraine. CITPM 2020: proceedings of the 3rd international conference Contemporary Issues in Theory and Practice of Management. 23–24 April 2020, Czestochowa, Poland.

Remeikienė, R., Gasparėnienė, L., Raistenskis E. Assessing the links between cigarette smuggling and corruption in non-European countries. CITPM 2020: proceedings of the 3rd international conference Contemporary Issues in Theory and Practice of Management. 23–24 April 2020, Czestochowa, Poland.