The concept is formulated, the features and functions of the bodies of bar self-government are outlined. It is substantiated that the bodies of bar self-government are non-state non-commercial professional organizations that operate in the forms of bar self-government provided for by law and are components of an integral system with pronounced internal and external horizontal and vertical connections, the main purpose of which is to ensure the implementation of the right of lawyers to independently resolve issues of the organization and activity of the bar in the manner established by law.
The system of bar self-government bodies is determined, the procedure for the creation and functioning of which is the object of administrative and legal regulation.
It is noted that the bodies of bar self-government, uniting into a distinct set, form certain systems that, in relation to the system of bar self-government, are systems of a lower order - subsystems, which are actually national or regional bodies of bar self-government. It is indicated that subsystems of bar self-government bodies are certain groups of the specified entities of the regional or all-Ukrainian level, which ensure the appropriate functional orientation of the specified bodies or the entire system of bar self-government bodies through interaction with each other and with external systems (public administration, society or its individual social groups, etc.).
It is argued that the purpose of the system of bodies of self-government of the bar is to ensure the independence of the bar from public administration bodies, their officials and service personnel (broad meaning) and to create conditions for the implementation of the right of lawyers to independently decide on the issues of organization and activity of the bar in the manner prescribed by law (narrow meaning). It is substantiated that the structure of the system of bodies of self-government of the bar is a set of necessary and sufficient for achieving the goals of relations (connections) between its components of an internal and external nature, which have horizontal and vertical levels. The structure of the system of bodies of self-government of the bar characterizes the organization of the specified system, the stable order of its elements and connections.
The administrative and legal aspect of the procedures for the creation and legalization of bodies of self-government of the bar is characterized. It is noted that the creation and legalization of bodies of bar self-government is of an absolutely procedural and clearly formalized nature, consisting of separate administrative procedures (state registration as a legal entity) and procedures for the collegial approval by the Congress of Bars of Ukraine of the relevant constituent documents, as a legal condition and grounds for the existence and functioning of the specified entities.
It is established that the procedures for the creation and legalization of bodies of bar self-government are the legally defined procedure for considering and resolving specific individual cases on issues of state registration, as well as collegial approval of the relevant constituent documents, aimed at the acquisition by bodies of bar self-government of legal and acting capacity, which are of a declarative, legal, complex, registration nature.
The characteristics of control over the activities of the bodies of bar self-government are outlined, namely: it has a targeted impact - compliance and implementation by the bodies of bar self-government of the current legislation, avoidance of offenses, provision of organizational and practical support, etc.; the object of control activity is the activity of the bodies of bar self-government; it has both an internal and external nature, is carried out directly by the bodies of bar self-government on a self-regulatory basis and by specially authorized subjects of state control; it may provide for operational intervention in the activities of the controlled object, including by applying measures of administrative warning or administrative termination; it has an immediate goal, functions and tasks, the list of which is determined by the appointment of the bar self-government and its bodies; specifics in the forms and methods of control activity.
