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Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania

Official website of the parliament (Seimas) of the Lithuanian Republic. Contains detailed information regarding the history, structure, operation and workings of the Parliament, including the various parliamentary officers and sub committees, parliamentary documents and press releases, and public and international relations information. Contains a searchable database of full text English translations of Lithuanian legislation. Also contains English translations of all relevant EU legislation. The site can be viewed in Lithuanian and English.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Official website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, available in Lithuanian, English, Russian and French. As well as detailed information regarding the officers, operations and mission of the ministry, the site also contains a number of English translations of key documents, such as foreign policy statements, press releases and speeches. There is also a browsable database of English translations of all bilateral and multilateral treaties.

State patent bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

Official website of the State patent bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinis patentu). The Bureau is an executive body of the Republic of Lithuania, State budgetary agency, responsible for the legal protection of industrial property (inventions, designs, trademarks and service marks, semiconductor product topographies) in Lithuania. The website makes available the Bureau’s Official Gazette and annual reports, together with databases of Lithuanian trademarks, designs and patents.

Supreme Court of Lithuania

Official website for the Supreme Court of Lithuania. The site contains information about the court of cassation, its structure and competence, the judges of the Court and state servants, Court statistics and its international relations. Whilst the information sections of the website are available in Lithuanian, Russian and English, the Court rulings and other documents are currently available only in Lithuanian, therefore the relevant rubrics will offer just some basic information and a link to the case law database in the Lithuanian language.

World Law: Lithuania

Section of WorldLII's Countries service containing links to internet resources for the Republic of Lithuania. A full range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections include links covering the Republic's Courts, Government, Legislation and Parliament. Additional sections highlight subject areas such as Consumer Credit, Foreign Investment, Infrastructure, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Privatisation and Secured Transactions. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Lithuania on all of WorldLII.

Legal Acts of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

These full-text legislative documents are presented on the website of the Seimas (Assembly) of the Republic of Lithuania and include the Constitution, the Statute of the Seimas and a database of Lithuanian legislation. The Constitution is presented in English but other legislation is available in Lithuanian only. The database of Lithuanian legislation is searchable by institution, by language, title words or keywords. The site can be viewed in English and Lithuanian.

National Courts Administration

Website of the National Courts Administration the organisation providing administrative support and technical services to the judiciary in Lithuania. The site contains a full-text copy of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Courts and an outline of the judicial system. Details of the courts in Lithuania and an alphabetical listing of judges are given and there are summaries of Constitutional Court rulings arranged by topic. The site can be viewed in Lithuanian only.

Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration

The Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration provides a permanent arbitration institution hearing national and international commercial disputes in Lithuania. It is an amalgamation of two Lithuanian arbitration institutions- the Arbitration Court at the Association International Chamber of Commerce Lithuania and the Vilnius International Commercial Arbitration. The site is available in Lithuanian, Russian and English and includes a copy of the Law on Commercial Arbitration of the Republic of Lithuania and various news items.

Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania

Website of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania. This court hears appeals from the country's five administrative courts which deal with disputes concerning public and internal administration. The site outlines the role and function of the administrative courts, provides contact details for justices and other staff of the Supreme Administrative Court. Also included on the site is a page of links to Lithuanian legal resources. The site can be viewed in English and Lithuanian.

Lithuanian Bar Association

Web pages of the Lithuanian Bar Association. English sections of the site include a list of contact details for advocates and law firms in Lithuania and a copy of the professional code of ethics for lawyers in Lithuania. There is also a comprehensive collection of web links to Lithuanian legal resources. Most of the site is presented in Lithuanian with an English interface.

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