Trunov, I.L. Problems of guaranteeing security of advocates in Russia.

Abstract: The article concerns legal and organizational problems of guaranteeing security of the advocates. That is why, based upon the object of studies, it is noted in the article that the opposition between a good-faith advocate on one hand, organized crime and corrupt offi cials on the other hand are present in any political system and in any state. The opposition between the priority of human rights and its abuse by the criminals is inevitable. It should be noted that professional activities of an advocate are related to high risks for health and life, requiring state protection and stricter criminal responsibility for encroachments upon the health, life, and property of an advocate. The methodological basis for the article was formed with the modern achievements of the cognition theory. In the process of studies the author used general philosophical, theoretical and empiric methods (dialectics, systemic method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional legal methods ( formal logic method), and methods typical for specifi c sociological studies (statistical, expert evaluation, etc.). It is noted in the article that an advocate is an inalienable part of justice, and his main goals are to protect basic human rights and freedoms, to guarantee qualifi ed legal aid, to facilitate justice and humanity, formation of the rule-of-law state. Formally, there is legal regulation of state protection of advocates, however, it does not function. That is why, the author makes specifi c proposals in order to improve the level of security of advocates.

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