Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania

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fundamental law national constitution

The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania is the country’s fundamental law that defines its system of government, guarantees citizens’ rights and freedoms, and establishes the legal framework for its democratic institutions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Lithuania	2
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fundamental law ⓘ national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy	citizens of Lithuania ⓘ
adoptionDate	1992-10-25 ⓘ
adoptionMethod	referendum ⓘ
amendableBy	Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingOn	all citizens of Lithuania ⓘ all state institutions of Lithuania ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1992-11-02 ⓘ
contains	Articles ⓘ Chapters ⓘ Preamble ⓘ
country	Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
defines	powers of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ powers of the President of the Republic ⓘ powers of the Seimas ⓘ status and powers of ordinary courts of Lithuania ⓘ status and powers of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania ⓘ system of government of Lithuania ⓘ territorial administrative structure of Lithuania ⓘ
establishes	democratic republic ⓘ multi-party system ⓘ parliamentary system with elements of semi-presidentialism ⓘ principle of popular sovereignty ⓘ principle of rule of law ⓘ principle of separation of powers ⓘ
guarantees	civil liberties ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ human rights ⓘ political rights of citizens ⓘ right to fair trial ⓘ right to property ⓘ
interpretedBy	Constitutional Court of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Lithuanian ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of Lithuania ⓘ
predecessor	Constitution of the Lithuanian SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ Provisional Basic Law of the Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizes	Lithuanian as the state language ⓘ Vilnius as the capital of Lithuania ⓘ
regulates	constitutional amendment procedure ⓘ election of the President of the Republic ⓘ electoral system for the Seimas ⓘ formation of the Government ⓘ local self-government ⓘ state budget principles ⓘ
requiresForAmendment	qualified majority in the Seimas ⓘ
requiresForCertainAmendments	referendum ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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President of Lithuania → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ

Seimas → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ

Government of Lithuania → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Lithuania

Lithuanian Armed Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Lithuania