VAIČAITIS VAIDOTAS, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise
Lithuanian constitutional law, history of constitutionalism, comparative constitutional law, philosophy of law, history of law.
Education
- 2014 acquired a Master‘s of History degree, Faculty of History, Vilnius University.
- 2008 acquired a Master‘s of Religious Studies degree, Centre for Religious Studies and Research, Vilnius University.
- 2001 acquired a Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
- 2000 acquired a Master‘s of Legal Theory (LL.M.), European Academy of Legal Theory, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1993 acquired a Master‘s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
Main publications
- Vaičaitis, Vaidotas. Constitutional Law Lithuania // International encyclopaedia for constitutional law / editors: André Alen, David Haljan, Michele Colucci, Roger Blanpain, Frank Hendrick. Amsterdam : Wolters Kluwer, 2023. ISBN 9789065449443. p. 1-118.
- Vaičaitis, Vaidotas. Constitutional status of presidents in the French and Lithuanian Republics // Etudes parlementaires. Les figures contemporaines du chef de l’État en régime parlementaire. / Vanessa Barbé, Bertrand-Léo Combrade, Basile Ridard : Bruylant, 2023. ISBN 9782802772804. p. 97-113
- Vaičaitis, Vaidotas. Litauen // Handbuch der Europäischen Verfassungsgeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. Institutionen und Rechtspraxis im gesellschaftlichen Wandel. Bd. 5:seit 1989 / Arthur Benz / Stephan Bröchler / Hans-Joachim Lauth (Hg.). Bonn: Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachf. GmbH, 2019. ISBN 9783801242510. p. 1333-1362.
Main scientific and research projects
- 2019 manager of the LSC State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Program 2016-2024 in the project of the VII call I competition “Judicial power in modern society”. The project was financed by the Lithuanian Science Council. More information.
Membership in editorial boards
- 2023-2025 editorial board member of the scientific journal of Religion, Philosophy, Comparative cultural studies and Art “Logos”.
- 2020 scientific expert of the scientific journal “Acta Juris Stetinensis” (University of Szczecin, Poland).
- 2018 scientific expert of the scientific journal “Journal of the University of Latvia”.
- 2018 scientific expert of the scientific journal “International Journal of Constitutional Law, Oxford Academic”.
Significant expert activity, membership
- 2021-2024 member of the Certification Commission for Prosecutors.
- 2020-2022 member of the Study Evaluation Committee.
- 2019-2025 full member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government (GIE) for Lithuania.
- 2018-2023 member of the Association for the Development of Baltic Studies (AABS).
- 2016-2025 expert of Lithuanian Science Council.
- 2016-2021 member, vice-chairman, chairman of the VU Central Academic Ethics Commission.
- 2014-2017 member of the Permanent Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission
- 2008-2012 member of the Central electoral commission of the Republic of Lithuania.
- 2005-2025 member of the International Association of Constitutional Law.
Popularization of science
- A. Vaičaitis. Decisions of the Italian Constitutional Court and the UK Supreme Court on the concept of ‘woman’ and ‘mother’: what are the trends? Article in Teise.Pro, 2025-06-12
- A. Vaičaitis. On Jan. 24, 2023 decision of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court. Article on Teise.Pro, 2023-02-01
- A. Vaičaitis. On the independence of the courts on the occasion of the Day of the Courts. Article on Teise.Pro, 2022-12-21
Languages
Lithuanian, English, Russian, French and Italian.