| Abstract [eng] |
The self-defence limits comparative analysis of the legal system of Lithuania and foreign states in criminal law is presented in the paper. The work begins with reviewing the emergence of self-defence theory and its historical development. The regulation of self-defence and its limits in the Lithuanian legal system is presented. The various self-defence and its limits attributes are characterized, and analysis of their composition, the problems, reviews the practice of Lithuanian courts, foreign criminal laws governing the criminal responsibility of the excess of limits of self-defence are discussed. The analysis of the arguments of the qualification of self-defence situation or its limits in case law is presented. The work consists of the conditions which describe legitimacy of self-defence (such as gravity, reality and evidence) a detailed analysis, comparing the case law, criminal law of other countries and the regulation in the Lithuanian legal system. The problems of qualification of quasi-self-defence are discussed. In the paper objective attributes of excess of limits of self-defence are researched. Also subjective attributes (as fault, personal emotional state) of excess of limits of self-defence are analyzed. At the end of the work the excess of limits of self-defence and qualification of separate criminal acts are discussed. The issue of legal death, the legal analysis of provocation and fights, problems of defence of house and property issues, the pre-defence of the house in foreign countries criminal laws and what is permit to defend property in the Lithuanian legal system are researched in the paper. Also the problems of the excess of limits of self-defence, the most common qualification errors are presented. Finally, the summary of the whole paper is formulated in the form of conclusions, which summarizes all the excess of limits of self-defence issues analysis. |
