| Abstract [eng] |
The master’s thesis discusses abuse of office. First of all, the master’s thesis reviews the development of abuse of office regulation in the Criminal Code of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and indicates who caused some of these changes and makes a conclusion whether significant changes have been made of this regulation. A lot of attention in this thesis is intended for the corpus delicti of abuse of office, who is discussed by analyzing legislation, doctrine, case law. The thesis points out the problematic aspects of this corpus delicti, the criticisms, who is said by lawyers, and the opinion of the thesis author whether these criticisms are justified. In addition, the master’s thesis provides examples of case law, who illustrate the theoretical statements. By discussing the elements of the abuse of office, the subject and the objective side are comparing with the regulation contained in the Criminal Codes of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia. The master‘s thesis reviews individual aspects of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the United Nations Convention against Corruption. As well, the master’s thesis indicates differences of abuse of office and other criminal offenses against the public service and the public interests and makes a conclusion which criminal offenses may be the biggest difficulties to distinguish. Finally, the master’s thesis analyzes case law and indicates trends in penalty of abuse of office in the period from 2011 to 2022 year. The thesis also compares trends in penalty over five-year periods and identifies who cause the changes of punishment. |
