| Abstract [eng] |
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government. |
