Civil Code of Lithuania
Encyclopedia
Lithuanian Civil Code from 18 July 2000 (Lietuvos Respublikos civilinis kodeksas, LR CK) is Civil Code
of Lithuania
. It came into effect on January 1, 2000, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project. The Drafting Group of the new Lithuanian Civil Code established by the Parliament Seimas
in 1990. Prof. Valentinas Mikelėnas
was the Head of the Drafting Group in 1991.
Civil code
A civil code is a systematic collection of laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law. A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of civil procedure...
of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. It came into effect on January 1, 2000, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project. The Drafting Group of the new Lithuanian Civil Code established by the Parliament Seimas
Seimas
The Seimas is the unicameral Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies , and the other half are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation...
in 1990. Prof. Valentinas Mikelėnas
Valentinas Mikelenas
Valentinas Mikelėnas is a Lithuanian lawyer, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, and one of the most prominent Lithuanian civil law scholars at Vilnius University. Mikelėnas was the Head of the Drafting Group of the Civil Code of Lithuania in 1991.- External links :***...
was the Head of the Drafting Group in 1991.
External links
- Lithuanian Civil Code (English)