Baudžiamųjų įstatymų galiojimo erdvėje problemos

Abstract

National criminal codes attribute major significance to the articles which establish the validity of criminal laws in time and space. These legal norms enforce the most important aspects of the criminal law defining the scope of its validity and application. These norms are envisaged in Articles 4,6, and 7 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. The author of the article analyses problems related to the validity of criminal laws in space, and regrets that in Lithuania, the significance of this topic is underestimated, despite of the abundance of theoretical and practical problems calling for an in-depth analysis into the field. The article deals with the most important aspects of the validity of criminal laws in space, and provides certain proposals concerning the prospects of the development of Lithuanian criminal laws in terms of their validity in space. To this end, the author looks into Lithuanian and foreign criminal laws and draft laws, theoretical works by specialist of criminal law, as well as other international documents.