THE DISCIPLINARY LIABILITY OF LITHUANIAN LAWYERS: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH

Abstract

The article presents basic findings about courts of honor in Lithuania. The data about disciplinary violations in five legal professions—judges, lawyers, prosecutors, notaries, and bailiffs—was obtained while implementing a scientific project on certain issues of legal ethics.
The article provides data on the following issues: subjects initiating disciplinary cases; the number of cases for each legal profession; decisions taken in cases of disciplinary violations; categories of disciplinary violations; sanctions provided. The article is intended to initiate further discussion about these matters among scientists, practitioners, and the general public, not just in Lithuania but in other countries as well.