Atskirosios nuomonės institutas Lietuvos konstitucinės justicijos procese: raida ir tobulinimo perspektyvos

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Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Lietuvių kalba / Lithuanian
Title:
Atskirosios nuomonės institutas Lietuvos konstitucinės justicijos procese: raida ir tobulinimo perspektyvos
Alternative Title:
Separate opinions in Lithuanian Constitutional justice procedure: development and prospects for improvement
Authors:
Valuta, Andrius
In the Journal:
Teisė. 2019, t. 110, p. 132-146
Subject Category:
LT
Konstitucinė teisė. Konstitucija / Constitutional law. Constitution.
Summary / Abstract:

LTStraipsnyje tiriamas atskirosios nuomonės institutas. Tyrime koncentruojamasi į konstitucinės justicijos proceso atskirosios nuomonės instituto teisėkūros raidą, jos pagrindinius aspektus ir kilusias problemas. Taip pat kritiškai vertinamas galiojantis atskirosios nuomonės instituto teisinis reguliavimas ir pateikiama tobulinimo siūlymų. Teigiama, kad atskirosios nuomonės visada turėtų būti publikuojamos ir viešinamos kartu (toje pačioje formoje ir tuo pačiu metu) su teismų baigiamaisiais aktais. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Atskiroji nuomonė; Konstitucinės justicijos procesas; Judicial dissent; Separate opinions; Constitutional court.

ENThe article analyses the legal regulation of separate opinions in Lithuanian administrative, civil, constitutional and criminal procedures. The research is focused on the legislative development, and its main aspects and arising problems. Separate opinion of a judge in administrative, civil and criminal procedures in Lithuania is a part of case material, not court judgement. This status deems that separate opinions produced by judges of such courts are usually undetectable by the public, unless the courts or parties of the case selectively publish them. The absence of mandatory publication makes comprehensive studies on the dissent rate in these courts impossible, and limits the knowledge of judicial decision- making in this respect. Judges of the Constitutional Court since its establishment in 1993 were banned from issuing separate opinion in an effort foster the authority of a new court, and to protect it from political influence. After long discussions, separate opinions were introduced in late 2008. However, legal regulation was and remains flawed since it allows for separate opinions to be written and published days after the public pronouncement of the Constitutional Court’s ruling. Separate opinions in this jurisdiction are also viewed as a part of case material, and not as annex to the court’s decision.It is concluded that the stated issues of the legal regulation of separate opinions should be resolved by legal amendments, which would take into account the original concept of separate opinions and comparative cases of the leading courts. Therefore, separate opinion should be mandatorily published together with court judgements (within the same form and at the same time) as their annexes, not just an addition to case material. This model would improve the quality of legal argumentation in both separate opinions and judgments, and allow for a more thorough research on judicial decision-making. It would also mitigate possibilities for political or biased interpretations of separate opinions, which arise from the possibility to write and publish separate opinions after the public pronouncement of a court judgement. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.15388/Teise.2019.110.8
ISSN:
1392-1274; 2424-6050
Subject:
Teisė / Law
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