Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas baudžiamojoje teisėkūroje ; Supreme Court of Lithuania in criminal law making

Abstract

The Supreme Court has been quite intensively, directly and officially involved in the criminal legislation, acting as an institution or through representatives, by initiating, preparing drafts of Criminal Code, criminal law amendments and providing advisory opinions. The aforementioned conclusions of the article are drawn from the analysis of drafts of criminal laws, explanatory notes, opinions and other preparatory documents of the criminal legislation, the legislation in force, jurisprudence of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, legal doctrine.