Open AccessTrends of Formation of the Jurisprudence on Issues of the Special Part of the Criminal Code Enforced by the Practice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania
Author(s) -
Gintaras Švedas,
Paulius Veršekys
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
teisė
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-6050
pISSN - 1392-1274
DOI - 10.15388/teise.2020.117.1
Subject(s) - supreme court , criminal code , law , jurisprudence , political science , code (set theory) , criminal procedure , criminal law , computer science , set (abstract data type) , programming language
This article analyzes the decisions of the Senate of Supreme Court of Lithuania, the reviews of the Criminal Cases Division of this Court, as well as the rulings of the plenary sessions and the expanded panels of seven judges adopted until the 31st December 2019 and containing recommendations or new interpretations for provisions of articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code or those adjusting the existing case law. The authors reveal the main tendencies of formation and change in recommendations and case law on the Special Part of the Criminal Code, as well as factors influencing these tendencies.