| Abstract [eng] |
The master's thesis analyzes the institution of contribution to the criminal act, analyzing significant legal acts on this topic, the conclusions reached by scientists in the doctrine, and analyzing and presenting the interpretations presented in court practice. In revealing this topic, the forms of contributing to the criminal act are analyzed, i.e. concealment of a crime or a person who committed a crime, failure to report a crime, and failure to prevent a crime from being committed. Since the concept of contribution is not established in the criminal law, it is necessary to analyze the legal scientific literature and the judgments of the courts of the Republic of Lithuania to reveal the concept, therefore this work analyzes the concept of contribution to the criminal act in the doctrine, the law and analyzes and presents the court practice. Scientists recognize that participation in a criminal act is less dangerous than complicity, therefore it is very important to distinguish complicity from participation in a criminal act, that it is a separate institution and in the case of participation there is no causal connection with the criminal act, which is why the great significance of the criminal act is analyzed qualifying the exclusion of participation in a criminal act from complicity. Thanks to the analysis of the practice of both higher and lower court instances, the signs that are significant for the qualification of criminal acts provided for in Articles 237 and 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania are revealed, allowing to incriminate the corresponding criminal offense as one of the forms of contributing to the criminal offense. |
