Lisniak (Ovsiakova) M. Legal regulation of the activities of a judge's assistant in Ukraine

The dissertation is devoted to the theoretical principles of the legal status of a judge's assistant; substantiation of the need to introduce the category of «status of a judge's assistant» into the national legal field; optimization of the activities of a judge's assistant in the relevant powers. It is proposed that the institute of a judge's assistant should be considered as a set of legal norms that regulate the status, powers, organizational principles of activity and responsibility of judge's assistants in the judicial system. Its legal nature combines elements of public service and organizational and managerial relations that arise in the process of administering justice. A judge's assistant does not administer justice and is not endowed with the power powers of a judge, however, his activities have a direct impact on the efficiency of judicial proceedings, preparation of procedural documents, analysis of judicial practice and observance of reasonable terms for considering cases. In this context, the institute of a judge's assistant is a component of the mechanism of organizational support of judicial activities. The current state of the institute of a judge's assistant in Ukraine is clarified. The institute of the assistant judge occupies an important place in the legal system of Ukraine, as it is directly related to ensuring the effective functioning of the judiciary and the implementation of the principles of accessibility, efficiency and quality of justice. In the current conditions of reforming the judicial system and European integration of Ukraine, the importance of auxiliary institutions that contribute to the proper organization of the activities of the courts is increasing, among which the institute of the assistant judge plays a special role. The institute of the assistant judge in the legal system of Ukraine is an important element of the mechanism of organizational support of judicial activity. Its legal nature determines the need for comprehensive regulatory regulation aimed at ensuring the efficiency of judicial proceedings, compliance with the principles of public service and compliance with European standards of judicial administration. The concept, features, content and principles of the legal status of the assistant judge are determined. It is proposed that the legal status of a judge's assistant be defined as a systemic set of his rights and obligations as an employee of the patronage service, who is appointed at the request of a judge to ensure the implementation of judicial proceedings, actually acts as its legal continuation (a judge and a judge's assistant form the basic elementary legal unit of the judicial branch of power), contributes to the implementation of the powers granted by the judge and the administration of justice in general, with the definition of a special regime of disciplinary liability of a judge's assistant and legal mechanisms for his protection from possible violations by the judge. The following are attributed to the structural elements of the legal status of a judge's assistant: the legally defined procedure and grounds for acquiring legal personality, the range of functions and tasks, the set of rights and obligations, the legal principles of interaction with law enforcement agencies, as well as legal responsibility in the field of professional activity