Criminal liability for obstructing the legal activity of a defense counsel in court proceedings
Keywords:
defense counsel, obstruction, advocacy, legal aid, intervention, liability.
Abstract
A fair trial is guaranteed by the efficient work of a lawyer aimed at protecting the client accused of committing an offense and the state protection of advocacy. The purpose of the study was to determine the criminal law protection aimed at ensuring the safeguarding the defense counsel’s activity in court proceedings considered in the context of international standards. Empirical and theoretical methods of research, as well as the method of comparative analysis were used for a comprehensive consideration of the subject. The grounds for criminal liability for obstructing the legal activity of the defense counsel in court proceedings are elaborated. Criminal liability for a crime against justice may take the form of a fine, corrective labor, imprisonment or suspension from office. The protection of the lawyers’ rights and international guarantees of safe advocacy involves the adoption of measures at the state level that will enable lawyers to perform their professional duties without intimidation, pressure, obstruction and interference, as well as measures to eliminate the administrative, economic or other sanctions. Further research will address the advocacy security to determine and substantiate the effective means of its criminal protection.
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Legislationline. (2005). Criminal code of Denmark. Retrieved from https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/6372/file/Denmark_Criminal_Code_am2005_en.pdf
Legislationline. (2012). Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Netherlands (1881, amended 2012). Retrieved from https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/6415/file/Netherlands_CC_am2012_en.pdf
Legislationline. (2017). Criminal Code of the Republic of Bulgaria (1968, amended 2017). Retrieved from https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/8395/file/Bulgaria_Criminal_Code_1968_am2017_ENG.pdf
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Novokmet, A. (2019). The Europeanization of the criminal proceedings in the republic of Croatia through the implementation of the directive 2013/48/EU. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2(27), 97-125. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718174-02702002
Office of the high commissioner for human rights. (1990). Basic principles on the role of lawyers. Retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/roleoflawyers.aspx
Pivaty A., & Soo, A. (2019). Article 7 of the Directive 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings: A missed opportunity to ensure equality of arms in pre-trial proceedings? European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2(27), 126-154. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718174-02702003
Riigi Teataja. (2001). Penal code (abbr. KarS). Retrieved from https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/184411
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Thornton, J. (2020). Is publicly funded criminal defence sustainable? Legal aid cuts, morale, retention and recruitment in the English criminal law professions. Legal Studies, 40(2), 230-251. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2019.31
Published
2022-03-10
How to Cite
Akimov, M. O., Ostafiichuk, L. A., Goncharuk, O. V., Shulha, A. O., & Tretiakov, D. A. (2022). Criminal liability for obstructing the legal activity of a defense counsel in court proceedings. Amazonia Investiga, 11(50), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.50.02.8
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