On the right to qualified legal assistance in the rule-of- law state

The Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees the citizens of the Russian Federation the right to receive qualified legal assistance. At the same time, the issue of the content of the concept “qualified legal assistance”, essence, legal nature, subjects, general system of implementation and guarantees for its provision remains open. This is the reason for the necessity of a comparative analysis of those definitions of this concept that are proposed by different authors. It is preferable to disclose the content of this concept in terms of forms in which qualified legal assistance is provided. The issue of the subject composition also requires special attention, i.e. the issue of those who are associated with providing qualified legal assistance. This problem is not as definitive as it seems to be at first glance, and has a direct relationship not only to theory of law, but, more importantly, to legislative and law enforcement practice. Therefore, there is an obvious need for a more careful approach to resolving the problems noted in order to eliminate disputes and disagreements in understanding the constitutional norm, so urgent for the rule-of-law state, which will directly affect the specifics of its implementation in modern conditions.