Magdeburgo teisės Europos miestų istorijos tyrinėtojų konferencija miesto lokacijos 750 metų sukakčiai besirengiančioje Krokuvoje

The First Republic of Lithuania which existed during 1918–1940, like in other European states of that time, was characterised by a rapid development of the public administration, which encompassed nearly all the spheres of social and economic life. The state sought to ensure public welfare through a public service career policy. Therefore the selection of professional public servants became one of the necessary conditions in order to expect the successful realisation of the political programmes. This article, in discussing the hiring practice for public servants that existed in the First Republic of Lithuania, mostly focuses on ascertaining the main selection criteria for public servants. The Lithuanian state that was being formed took over the law base of the parent state, i.e. the Tsarist Russian Empire in so far as this did not conflict with the state’s constitution and the newly enacted laws. But the old rules for hiring public servants, which were nominally valid, did not function due to many reasons: the rank system based on estate principles was obsolete; the lack of specialists and the ‘adaptation’ of positions to the person’s individual abilities largely negated the possibilities for a consistent selection; and in addition, so long as the laws regulating the activities of the old departments had not been collected, systemised, and translated into Lithuanian, individual principles of a practical nature were in force in the institutions. [...]Vytauto Didžiojo universiteta