A special issue of the international journal “Review of Central and East European Law” has been published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court. This publication is significant in Lithuanian legal scholarship because it is the first to focus on Read more
As we learn from the Hollywood movies, USA lawyers are notoriously eloquent, and trials in this country often reminds plays. While the image of lawyers in the movies may not necessarily match the reality, US lawyers do have exceptional analytical, quick-thinking, and responsive skills. One of the prerequisites for this ability is the analytical Read more
The project “Protecting Working Conditions in the Platform Economy: Moldovian-Lithuanian Social Dialogue”, submitted by the team of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, has received funding from the European Commission’s (EC) Social Prerogative and Specific Competences Lines (SOCPL) programme. This programme is linked to other EC programmes such as European Horizon, JUSTICE, which are Read more
The prestigious publishing house “Intersentia” has published an analysis of Lithuanian practical situations from the perspective of national legal regulation, case law and legal doctrine written by Professor Ramūnas Birštonas of the VU Law Faculty, in a collective monograph “Boundaries of Information Property”. Professor focuses on the historically specific features of the development of Lithuanian Read more
The much discussed topic of semiconductor manufacturing was discussed yesterday at the event “From the Chip Shortage to the EU Chip Act – EU Security through the lens of semiconductors”. The panellists were Prof. Sandy Chou, currently a Fulbright researcher at Palacký University in the Czech Republic, and Dr. Donatas Murauskas of the VU Read more
This week Dr. Irmantas Jarukaitis, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, visited the VU Law Faculty and held two lectures. I. Jarukatis presented a paper on “The Relationship between Internal Market Freedoms and Fundamental Rights in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union” on 29 Read more
On Friday, Professor Basile Ridard, Professor of Public Law at the University of Poitiers, France, visited the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University and gave a lecture. He talked about the legislative processes of different governments in different countries: the path that legislation has to follow before it can be approved, the institutions that Read more
This week, at the invitation of Gintautas Bartkus, associate professor of partnership and lawyer, VU Law Faculty hosted Carmelo Massimo De Iuliis, professor of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. Professor held live and online lectures on corporate law to the faculty members. Prof. Carmelo Massimo De Iuliis presented the EU competences in Read more
Yesterday the VU Law Faculty hosted Professor Wanda Mastor, Associate Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre of Comparative Law at the Capitol University. She gave a lecture on “A Tale of Two Constitutionalisms” and presented the differences between judicial review in Europe and in United States of America. In order to ensure Read more
The joint project “Legal and Social Study of Institutions Limiting or Destroying Legal Capacity” (VANITS) by Kornelia Krutulytė, a PhD student at the VU Law Faculty and Dr. Rasa Genienė, assistant at the Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy of VU has won the competition of the Vilnius University Promotion Fund and Read more
