| Abstract [eng] |
One of the forms of complicity provided for in Article 25 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania is analyzed in this master's work – the organized group and its significance for criminal liability. The purpose of the work is to establish, by means of analysis, the significance of the organized group for criminal liability, to distinguish the characteristics of the organized group, including those which are not established in the law, and to indicate the problems that arise when differentiating and qualifying the actions performed by each member of the organized group, as well as problems of separating the organized group itself from other forms of complicity. The first part of this work is devoted primarily to the discussion of the institute of complicity and then to the exclusion of the meaning of each form of complicity in criminal liability, comparing them with the meaning of the organized group. The second part of this work is linked with the historical development of the concept of an organized group, thus analyzing the previous regulation of the organized group compared to the present one. The third part of the work is to be attributed to the isolation of the characteristics of an organized group, while taking account of the law, theory and case law. The last part of this work is linked precisely with the problems of the organized group itself, as it is established in the law. The problems discussed in part are primarily related to all forms of complicity, which are linked to the actions of the accomplices themselves, and then analyze the problems arising from the separation between the organized group and other forms of complicity. The opinion and position of the author of this work on the problems related to the organized group and organized groups significance for criminal liability are highlighted in the conclusions and suggestions section. |
