THE ORIGINS OF THE INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN LITHUANIA

Abstract

This article analyzes the following legal acts: the 1233 Privilege of Culm; the 1286 Theft Punishment Act; the 1310 regulations adopted by the grand master; the 1340 Law of Pamedė; Casimir’s Law of 1468; the Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; the German Criminal Code; and the Criminal Provisions or Criminal Statute of Russia, which were in force for a long time in Lithuania. The purpose of researching these legal acts is to name the origins of one of the most significant institutes of administrative law in Lithuania – administrative responsibility.

Keywords

• administrative responsibility
• 1233 privilege of culm
• 1286 theft punishment act
• pamedės jurisprudence
• kazimierz jurisprudence
• statutes of the grandduchy of lithuania