It has found that the activity of a legal professional is based on the general moral and moral principles of humanism, justice, legality, patriotism, independence, publicity, etc. In Ukraine, in addition to professional requirements, the legislative level enshrines ethical requirements for advocacy and the identity of a lawyer.
The article is devoted to defining the general principles of the organization and functioning of the bar in foreign countries. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of primary, secondary and tertiary levels, national and supranational standards of legal support for the functioning of the bar in the EU. The article deals with the general principles of the organization and functioning of the lawyers of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the USA. Particular attention is devoted to the establishment of the Institute of Advocacy in modern developed countries.
The issue of the place and role of the bar in the state and society is updated, and the essential characteristic of this human rights institute is highlighted. The structural elements by which the independence of the legal profession are distinguished. The problems of realization of the principle of independence in the process of the lawyer’s performance of his/her professional duties are analyzed.
In the context of the adaptation of national legislation to international law, the law
office acts as a pivotal indicator of the truthfulness of the practical implementation of
legislative initiatives. The emergence of a new term for determining the direction of scientific
research on the issues of the advocacy should be taken comfortably, since since then the
definitions of “advocatology” and “advocacy” are analyzed as equivalent, identical.
Discussion discussion of the terminology of advocatology both in scientific researches and the