Name of Lecturer: Prof. dr. Saulius Arlauskas tfk@mruni.lt

Introduction to Lithuanian Civil Law
Name of Lecturer: Assoc. prof. dr. A.Tikniūtė, Assoc.prof. dr.D.Vasarienė
Faculty: Law Faculty
Department, Contact Details: Civil and Commercial Law department,
ckk@mruni.eu
Language of instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Bachelor
Year of Study (if applicable):
Required prerequisites: none
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit. A student will know the basic topics of
Lithuanian civil law, such as legal regime of natural persons, legal entities, basic
concepts of family law, contract law, prerequisites of civil liability. Student will be
able to distinguish the law applicable to above mentioned institutes and will have
basic comparative perspective on these issues.
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours per week: 3
Semester: Autumn/Spring
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Lectures, seminars, case
analysis, comparative presentations of students.
Assessment methods and Criteria:
Active participation in the seminars, final exam.
Course content: (up to 10 sentences)
Course covers following topics: the introductory lecture presents historical
background of Lithuanian civil law. The presentation of Lithuanian civil law starts
from natural persons, their civil capacity, main juridical facts concerning the legal
status of natural person. The emphasis is put on legal entities as well– basic
classifications, governance rules of legal entities, termination prerequisites are
discussed. One lecture is dedicated to general issues on family law – to the
prerequisites of the validity of marriage, conditions for nullity of marriage, effect of
marital regime on property rights. Several lectures are devoted to contract law – to
validity prerequisites and voidability of contracts. The final part is designated to civil
liability issues - kinds of liability, prerequisites, exemption from liability in Lithuania
as well as in other European countries.
Reading list: (maximum 5 items)
1. Principles, definitions and model rules of European private law: draft common
frame of reference (DCFR) /prepared by the Study Group on a European Civil Code
and the Research Group on EC Private Law (Acquis Group) ; edited by Christian von
Bar and Eric Clive.. München : Sellier European Law Publishers, 2009..
2. Tadas Klimas. Casebook: Comparative Contract Law, Carolina Academic Press
(2006).
3. Principles of European tort law, text and commentary, European Group on Tort
Law, Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, Springer 2005.
4. Principles of European contract law, edited by Ole Lando, Kluwer Law
International, 2000-2002.
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