ON THE ISSUE OF FORMING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF LEGAL ETHICS

Abstract

The article analyzes the historical formation of international standards of
legal ethics based on the study of the law of the Sumerian and Babylonian
empires, the first court speeches of ancient Greek and Roman orators, and the
influence of Anglo-Saxon legal traditions on the further professionalization of
lawyers. The content of individual statements on legal ethics by such well-known
figures of the US state and law as Charles Collin, Judson Landon, and John Franklin
is examined. The provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
Common Code of Conduct for Lawyers of the European Community, and the
Charter of Fundamental Principles of the European Legal Profession, which
formed the basis of the domestic Rules of Legal Ethics and legal norms regulating
the procedural status of a defense attorney in criminal proceedings, are
characterized.