FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN UKRAINE: SOURCE ANALYSIS AND LITERATURE

Abstract

The article from the point of view of the science of public administration analyzes the state of study of the problem of free legal aid in Ukraine. The conceptual apparatus has been analyzed, the broad concept of “free legal aid system” (SBPSA) and narrow – “free legal aid system” (SBPSA) have been allocated on the basis of the profile law “On Free Legal Aid”. The urgency of the topic, its dynamics, complexity and breadth, is noted, which is explained by the vastness of the problem of providing free legal aid, which is often considered as part of another, even broader – the assertion and protection of human rights and freedoms, citizens’ rights, social assistance, advocacy, decentralization, development of legal capacity of territorial communities, etc. A list of sources and literature (230 titles) has been compiled into 9 types: regulatory acts; reports, reports, descriptions, expert opinions; speeches, interviews, articles by the heads of the Ministry of Justice and the CC and their deputies; materials of the websites of authorities and public institutions; dissertation research; monographs; articles; materials of conferences, methodical materials. The legal and regulatory support for the creation and operation of the free legal aid system in Ukraine is characterized: dynamics are observed, significant positive influence of international law and international institutions is noted. The analysis of dissertation researches, monographs, articles has led the author to conclude that Ukrainian scientists of SBPD were studied only as part of a wide problem of protection of citizens’ rights. The author points to the presence of a number of little-studied problems concerning the development of free legal aid in Ukraine, the lack of a comprehensive study of the problems of BPD, the need to study and take into account foreign experience.