Pirmosios Lietuvos Respublikos specialiosios baudžiamosios teisės šaltiniai. Rusijos imperijos 1869 m. karo įstatymų sąvadas: recepcija ir novelizacij
Sources of Criminal Law of the First Republic of Lithuania. The 1869 Code of Military Laws: reception and novelty

Summary/Abstract: The normative acts and various codes of laws of pre- Revolutionary Russia are of great interest for historians studying law since they give an opportunity to retrace the development of the legislative basis for different life spheres of the state, for instance, court statutes etc. Therefore, it should be noted that the principal source of the criminal law of the First Republic of Lithuania was the 1869 Code of criminal laws and its supplements. It was revised, and the imperfections of the 1939 and 1859 Code of laws were eliminated. The Lithuanian military courts particularly followed volumes No. 22–24 of the 1869 Code of the Criminal laws, the 1903 Criminal Code of the Russian Empire, other legal regulations that were adjusted to the aspects of the organization and competence of Lithuanian military courts within Lithuanian laws, constitution and army organization. The Code of Criminal laws was the principal legal source for the regulations of military courts (such as army court, court martial, regiment court and the officers’ court of honour), the military discipline regulations, the Punitive Code of War in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The 1869 Code of Criminal laws was valid until February 1939 in Latvia and until April 6, 1938 in Estonia. In case of Lithuania, this Code was still valid until the first Soviet occupation.

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