Forms of a free legal aid in international law and practice of foreign countries

Purpose: The analysis of forms of a free legal aid in international law and practice of foreign countries. Methodology: Comparative and legal and formal-legal methods were applied. Results: In work international legal acts and practice of foreign countries concerning rendering a free legal aid, including «pro bono» are analyzed. Definition of the free help in the sphere of legal services is given, classification of its forms is carried out. Allocation of the main of a form of a free legal aid on a branch sign allows to gain a complex impression about this type of legal activity, positive and negative tendencies of foreign countries. Novelty/originality/value: Article has a certain scientific and practical value as in it the analysis of forms of a free legal aid is provided in international law and foreign countries that allows to make use of foreign experience in domestic legislative and law-enforcement practice.