The Disciplinary Liability of Lithuanian Lawyers: a Comparative Approach

• Main Author: Gruodytė Edita
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2014-12-01
• Series: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
• Subjects: disciplinary liability; legal ethics; judges; attorneys; prosecutors; notaries; bailiffs
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0001

The article presents basic findings about courts of honor in Lithuania. The data about disciplinary violations in five legal professions-judges, lawyers, prosecutors, notaries, and bailiffs-was obtained while implementing a scientific project on certain issues of legal ethics. The article provides data on the following issues: subjects initiating disciplinary cases; the number of cases for each legal profession; decisions taken in cases of disciplinary violations; categories of disciplinary violations; sanctions provided. The article is intended to initiate further discussion about these matters among scientists, practitioners, and the general public, not just in Lithuania but in other countries as well.