Law of Lithuania

The third variant of the Statute was in force in the territory of Lithuania until 1840 when it got replaced by the Russian laws.

The legal system of independent Lithuania between the World Wars was influenced by the fact that three separate systems of civil law governed various parts of the country, while the autonomous Klaipėda Region had its own legal instruments.

The drafting of Lithuanian legal codes went on for decades and was not completed until World War II.

After regaining of independence in 1990, the largely modified Soviet legal codes were in force for about a decade.

Legal professionals are prepared and the law is researched in departments of three universities of Lithuania: