| Abstract [eng] |
In this master's thesis, the content of the founding and established government was determined: the founding government decides the most important issues in terms of statehood - it establishes the state itself and adopts the constitution. After fulfilling the specified tasks, it hands over the reins of management to the established government, so that the latter implements the provisions enshrined in the constitution, essentially performing parliamentary functions: passing laws, ratifying treaties with other states, etc. After studying the three classical elements of the state - people, territories and government - it was found that the state is considered to be established only if it meets the totality of all three specified elements. In this context, after evaluating 1918-1920 Lithuania's statehood, it was determined that Lithuania at that time should be considered a legitimate state, because after analyzing Lithuania in relation to each of the specified elements, it was seen that Lithuania met each element. The significance of the Council of Lithuania for Lithuania in the current period was also analyzed, after studying the activities of the above-mentioned government institution as the founding authority, as well as the implemented functions as the established authority. On this basis, the problem of the duality of the activities of the Council of Lithuania was revealed and it was established that the Council of Lithuania could not formally be considered a government institution, but in fact it carried out activities typical of both the founding and established authorities. On this basis, it was concluded that the Council of Lithuania was characterized by actual duality: in practice, it acted as both the founding and the established government, while formally it cannot be considered as either the first or the second. |
