On 8 December 2025 at 10 AM, the public defence of the doctoral dissertation by Eimantas Kadys (doctoral student of the Department of Private Law) will take place at the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, in the Kazimieras Leonas Sapiega Auditorium (Room 302).
Title of the dissertation: “Digital Assets as Property Law Object”
ANNOTATION:
This dissertation provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of digital assets and the manner in which they may be classified under positive law in order to be recognized as objects of property law. The dissertation examines and formulates the criteria that distinguish a digital asset from other digital objects. The research also evaluates the rationale for recognizing digital assets as objects of property law and examines possible forms of such recognition, specifically whether digital assets should be classified as objects of civil property law or as sui generis objects requiring a distinct legal framework. Furthermore, the dissertation examines the Lithuanian property law framework, assessing the viability of recognizing digital assets as objects of property law by determining whether they may be allocated to one of the categories of property law objects recognized in Lithuanian positive law.
The dissertation was prepared at Vilnius University from 2020 to 2025.
Scientific supervisor: Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Nekrošius (Vilnius University)
DEFENCE BOARD:
Chairman – Prof. Habil. Dr. Gintaras Švedas (Vilnius University)
Members:
– Prof. Dr. Ramūnas Birštonas (Vilnius University)
– Prof. Habil. Dr. Kinga Flaga-Gieruszynska (University of Szczecin, Republic of Poland)
– Prof. Dr. Jurgita Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė (Vilnius University)
– Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vida Petrylaitė (Vilnius University)
Venue:
Vilnius University, Faculty of Law, Kazimieras Leonas Sapiega Auditorium (Room 302), Saulėtekio av. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania.
The dissertation is available for review at the Library of Vilnius University and here.
The defence of dissertation can also be viewed remotely through this link.