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Almanac of law. Issue 15 (2024), pages 494–499.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2024-15-494-499

Boiko M. M.
Legal basis of rule-making activity of the advocacy self-government bodies

Corporate lawmaking is a special type of lawmaking by non-governmental organizations. One of the varieties of which is rulemaking by the advocacy self-government bodies.

Corporate lawmaking by the advocacy self-government bodies consists in the adoption and approval of regulations governing the internal activities of the advocacy self-government bodies. These regulations are aimed at ensuring the internal organization and functioning of the bar community, ensuring high professional standards, protecting the rights and interests of clients, and maintaining the disciplinary policy among the subjects of the practice of law.

Decisions issued by the advocacy self-government bodies on the basis of a special law and their binding effect on the institutional environment of the bar ensure internal regulation of the functioning of the bar by corporate norms. With regard to the decisions of the advocacy self-government bodies, these local regulations establish the rules and standards of professional conduct of advocates, the internal organization and functioning of the bar community based on generally accepted legal principles and norms established by international and national legislation.

The corporate acts of the advocacy self-government bodies are: The UNBA Statute; regulations on the advocacy self-government bodies and regulations defining their legal status, rules and procedures for their organization and functioning; codes and recommendations adopted by international and regional associations and societies of attorneys; ethical rules; decisions of the general meetings (conferences); instructions approved by orders of the UNBA and the Bar Council of Ukraine; decisions made on specific issues that regulate the internal activities of the Bar or relate to certain aspects of the practice of law (e.g., the Procedure for the Advocates’ Advanced Training); explanations to the decisions of the Bar Council of Ukraine, which are an integral part of these decisions, as they are adopted as annexes to the latter (e.g., On the Length of Service in the Field of Law for Persons with a Higher Legal Education), etc.

Since the Law of Ukraine «On Lawmaking» is primary and systematically regulates the sphere of relations in the field of lawmaking, it is advisable to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of the Law to supplement the list of subjects of lawmaking. In particular, paragraph 11 of Part 2 of Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine «On Lawmaking» should be supplemented with the words «state and non-governmental organizations». Accordingly, «non-governmental organizations» should be included in the list of subjects of lawmaking activities and lawmaking initiatives. Such non-governmental entities with rule-making powers are the advocacy self-government bodies that adopt corporate acts in the form of resolutions.

Key words: Law of Ukraine «On Lawmaking», advocacy self-government bodies, corporate rulemaking, corporate rules, decisions of advocacy self-government bodies.

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Maria Mykolayivna Boyko,
Postgraduate Student at the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law, NAS of Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-2505-8922

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