June 29th, 2022, Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) doctoral law student Tadas Valančius successfully defended his PhD dissertation, "Instance System of Control of Judgements by Ordinary Courts in Lithuania in 1918-2003."
His research supervisor was Mykolas Romeris University Dr. Gintaras Šapoka
Defense Council:
Chairman – Prof. Dr. Toma Birmontienė (Mykolas Romeris University, social sciences, Law, S 001).
Members:
Prof. Dr. Ieva Deviatnikovaitė (Mykolas Romeris University, social sciences, Law, S 001);
Prof. Dr. Jevgenij Machovenko (Vilnius University social sciences, S 001);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Janis Pleps (Latvia University, social sciences, Law, S 001);
Prof. Dr. Vytautas Sinkevičius (Mykolas Romeris University, social sciences, Law, S 001).
The dissertation sought to systemically analyze the court decisions taken by general courts in the Republic of Lithuania during 1918-2003 and their development analyzing separate elements of decisions - constitutional jurisprudence, the principle of court independence, the system of instance court and other areas.