Makarov, S.Y. Work of the Advocacy Section at the 5th Kutafin Readings

Abstract: The article is devoted to the work of the advocacy section, which took place on November 28, 2013 within the framework of the V Kutafin Readings at the Kutafin Moscow Law University. The article provides the theses of speeches of participants of the section, which concerned theoretical advocacy issues, which are of timeless value (such as independence of advocacy, history of advocacy), as well as the topical scientific and practical problems of advocacy in the modern Russia. The author provides the main provisions of the polemics concerning the speeches of the participants, and the main positions of participants to the discussions of the theses. Topicality of the article is due to the fact that the speeches of participants concerned topical issues of modern Russian advocacy, and it also facilitated the discussions of the most topical problems of the modern Russian advocacy practice after the speeches.

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