ENThe principle of effective legal protection is one of the general principles of European legal order. In Lithuania this principle is a constituent part of the constitutional principle of the rule of law. This topic is extensively discussed in Lithuanian legal scholarship. Various aspects of the right to effective judicial protection have been addressed by Lithuanian scholars, like the correlation of the principle of effective judicial protection with other constitutional principles,1 the right to judicial protection in criminal procedure,2 the implementation of the right to judicial protection in administrative procedure,3 and the implementation of the right in civil procedure.4 One should also note respective comparative researches on the implementation of the principle in administrative law. Lithuania’s case is usually analysed in a comparative perspective with some EU Member States – Germany, or France.