Legal bases of barrister’s activities

Abstract

Particular attention is given to this element of the legal basis for the participation of counsel in criminal proceedings as the legal status of counsel in the Article. It is noted that he comes from a combination of general and special one in the legal status of a counsel as a personality and a representative of the profession. The legal basis of the lawyer’s activity in criminal proceedings includes not only the rules of criminal procedure, but also the norms of international law and common law. Using the analog port of a classification of legal status, legal position, legal capacity in the theory of law (general, branch, special) the classification of defense counsel’s powers is divided into general, branch and special. The lines for determining of the defense counsel’s legal limits are divided into: scientific, law-regulatory, and corporate.