Legal Environment within the EU: Free Movement of Lawyers and Legal Services
Legal Environment within the EU: Free Movement of Lawyers and Legal Services
Author(s): Vigintas Višinskis, Inga Žalėnienė, Agnė TvaronavičienėSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: Free movement of persons; free movement of advocates and lawyers; law of the European Union; freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services.
Summary/Abstract: Authors of the present article analyze legislation of the European Union on provision of legal services in another EU member state. This article also examines case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, consequently revealing problems of applying the analyzed legislation in practice. The authors pay special attention to the analysis of the norms, provided in the Law on Advocacy of the Republic of Lithuania, which are related to establishment and provision of services of other EU member states in the Republic of Lithuania, and critically evaluate the compliance of certain norms of the Law to the requirements of the European Union legislation.
Journal: Verslas: teorija ir praktika
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 30-37
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
