| Abstract [eng] |
SUMMARY Sexual offences in the Penal Code of Lithuania and in the criminal laws of foreign countries ( comparative analysis ) The new Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, which came into effect on 1 May 2003, modified the concept of sexual assault. Though the new concept of sexual assault conforms to the realities of the present day, its application in some cases is still problematic due to the novelty and ambiguity of the provisions concerned. In order to identify the typical problems and uncertainties related with the legal assessment of the elements of sexual assault, the work presents a comparative study of the Lithuanian and foreign criminal laws. The work examines the origins of the legal concept of sexual assault and its evolution, including in the Lithuanian legal system, as well as the types of those crimes as established in the criminal laws of Lithuania and other countries. The work also includes a comparative analysis of the body of crimes against the freedom of sexual self-determination and inviolability of a person by providing not only their theoretical assessment in the Lithuanian and foreign criminal law, but also examples from the relevant court practice. There is an examination of those elements defining the offences as established in the Lithuanian and foreign criminal law. The final part of the work reveals the specifics of crimes against the freedom of sexual self-determination and inviolability of children and identifies the problematic aspects of the concept of sexual assault as well as possible versions of their legal assessment and ways of resolution. |
