| Abstract [eng] |
The paper analyses the principal of legal expectations – a new and actually not much examined principal in Lithuanian law, which was started to be interpretated and practically applied after 2000. The Constitutional Court of Lithuania started the mentioned iniciative. Firstly, the paper analyses the development and practical need of the principal as well as the variety of all the other constitutional principals. Secondly, the paper analyses The Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania decisions where were mentioned legal expectations. Moreover, it tries to comprise the interpretation of this principal in Lithuanian legal system with the one existing in European law. The paper briefly describes several most important legal cases, where the principal of legal expectations was applied. Finally, according to the analysis of Lithuanian legal practise, some ideas and suggestions for the legislator are formulated. |
