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Scientific and practical commentary to the Code of lawyer's professional ethics. Second edition

23.09.2013
Scientific and practical commentary to the Code of lawyer's professional ethics. Second edition Under the aegis of the Federal chamber of lawyers of the Russian Federation and the Institute of advocacy of the Moscow state legal Academy them. O.E. Kutafin the second edition (revised and enlarged) of the book «Code of ethics: scientific and practical commentary». Its author is the managing partner of the law firm «YUST», the first Vice-President of the Federal chamber of lawyers of the Russian Federation, д.ю.н. Yury Pilipenko.

The necessity of preparation of the second edition of Scientific and practical commentary to the Code of lawyer's professional ethics is caused in the first place, to the fact that the meeting held on 22 April 2013 VI all-Russian Congress of advocates approved 140 amendments to the text of the code. This act, passed in January 2003, is not only the moral law of the legal profession, but also a reference point in the activities of lawyers, bar associations and chambers of advocates. The text of the amendments to match the current and the previous version of the code is included in the new edition as one of the applications.


The President of the Federal chamber of lawyers of the Russian Federation, honored lawyer of the Russian Federation E.V. Semenyako:

«The Congress has demonstrated, in my opinion, unconditional interest of the legal community in strengthening moral principles of the profession and in strengthening the responsibility of each advocate adherence to ethical standards of our Corporation. It is important to note that the results of the Congress assessed not only by the lawyers community, but also public authorities, including the Ministry of justice of the Russian Federation. <...> The correct understanding of the definition of professional activity and the limits of the disciplinary liability of a lawyer is an important moment for the perception of the position advocated in this Commentary) Pilipenko».


President of the Advocacy chamber of Moscow, honored lawyer of the RF, M. Reznik:

... Pilipenko quickly responded to the second amendment, redesigned and updated edition of its author's comments to the Code. Considerably strengthened the scientific component of the Comment. On its pages are presented different views on eternal and newly born questions of the legal profession. In conjunction with the analysis of disciplinary practice of the doctrinal interpretation of norms of the Code allows not only to lawyers, but to all who are interested in the problems of the bar, get a fairly clear picture about the ethics and about the situation in modern Russian bar».


The commentary is designed to lawyers, heads of the chambers of advocates and advocates ' associations, members of qualification commissions and councils of the bar associations, specialists in the field of the law on the bar, as well as students, teachers, post-graduate students of law schools and all interested in the issues of advocacy.

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