| Abstract [eng] |
The master's work analyses the problems of the substance, limits and legal regulation of religious freedom in Lithuania. The study uses jurisprudence and legal doctrine to reveal the concept of freedom of religion, which is defined differently in legal doctrine and jurisprudence. Among other things, the work discusses the relationship between religion and the state and their separation. It also reveals the specific legal status of religious organisations and the legal regulation of the process of acquiring this status. The master's work shall deepen the nature of the duties incumbent upon the State when persons exercise freedom of religion. The rights and duties of other entities in respect of persons exercising religious freedom are specified. In addition, the work seeks to reveal the problem of separating the substance limits of the freedoms of religion and expression which are being examined by the national courts of the Republic of Lithuania. An up-to-date and focused analysis of legal disputes has been presented, formulating the limits of the content of religious freedom in Lithuania. Looking at the most recent variation tendencies, using the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania and the European Court of Human Rights, legal regulation related to the granting of special legal personality to religious organisations in Lithuania is revealed and analysed at work. The gaps in this legal regulation regarding the establishment of a minimum time limit upon which a religious organisation acquires the right to initiate the procedure for granting special legal status are specified. Master’s work presents guidance and impact of these decisions on further legal regulation related of granting special legal status for religious organisations in Lithuania. |
