Isakova V. The Right to Legal Aid: Essence, Peculiarities, Guarantees.

The author presents a general theoretical overview of the right to legal aid. It is suggested to define it as the system of legal opportunities to receive such social benefit as assistance in execution of legal rights, legitimate interests and responsibilities. It can be provided in the form of legal advice, clarifications of law provisions, representation of interests in courts and other public authorities, drawing up legal documents etc. It is emphasized that the fundamental social benefits, underlying the right to legal aid, are legal information and protection of rights and legitimate interests of an individual. It highlights the special dual nature of the right to legal aid which is revealed as one of human rights and as an important guarantee of the realization of other human rights. Moreover, the structure of this right was analyzed. The system of guarantees of the right to legal aid was also considered in the dissertation, which includes universally recognized principles of law, in addition to national and international legal guarantees. Special, temporal, informative, professional and financial accessibility are defined as a condition of effectiveness of legal aid.