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THE STANDARD OF PROOF UNDER LITHUANIAN AND RUSSIAN CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
V. MIKELENAS,
Doctor of Sciences, Professor,
Department of Private Law, Vilnius University
The article is dedicated to the memory of Professor M.K. Treushnikov. The professor was
the head of the candidate of law thesis of the author of the article, therefore, the beginning
of the article is devoted to the author’s memories of M.K. Treushnikov. Since the main field
of scientific research of M.K. Treushnikov is related to evidence and proof in civil proceedings,
the main part of the article is devoted to the issues of the standard of proof. On the
basis of the comparative method the author analyses how the approach to the standard
of proof in Lithuania and Russia changed after 1990, both in legal doctrine and case law.
It is concluded that there are many similarities in the standard of proof between Lithuanian
and Russian civil procedure law, but there are also differences, which are due both
to different legal doctrine approaches to this issue and to different case law. In particular,
the author points out that there must be common standards for such cognitive, logical
activity, which exist regardless of the legal system operating in one state or another,
for there is only one logic.
Keywords: objective truth; sufficiency of evidence; standard of proof.
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Information about the author
V. Mikelenas (Vilnius, Lithuania) – Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Department of
Private Law, Vilnius University (9 Saulėtekio Av., Vilnius, 10222, Lithuania; e-mail: valentinas.
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– Herald of Civil Procedure, 2021, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 242–259. (In Russ.) https://doi.
org/10.24031/2226-0781-2021-11-5-242-259
V. MIKELENAS
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