The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the Lithuanian Statute and the Cathedral Code in the context of the study of criminal law. The Lithuanian statute was created in the XVIth century as a result of long-term work on the codification of the norms of customary law of Lithuania, Russian Pravda, norms of Magdeburg and canon law, reception Roman law. The purpose of the work is to identify the features of the development of criminal law in the Lithuanian Statute and the connection with similar sections of the Cathedral Code of 1649. To achieve this goal, the method of comparative legal analysis was used. The article reveals the connection in the development of Lithuanian and Russian law. The result of the study is the conclusion that the articles of the Lithuanian statute, compiled earlier than the Cathedral Code, largely anticipate similar sections of the Cathedral Code; the approach of legislators to the concept of crime, the problem of the responsibility of minors and the institution of witnesses is similar.
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