CORRELATION OF THE CONCEPT OF «PROFESSIONAL LEGAL AID» WITH RELATED CATEGORIES

After using systemic, structural-functional and comparative methods, as well as the method of analysis and synthesis the author has highlighted existing in today legal doctrine approaches to understanding the categories «legal aid», «legal assistance», «professional legal aid». She has also revealed, their content It has been proven that the specified terms are phrases, the necessary component of which is the word «aid», which is distinguished by its ambiguity. On the basis of the current legislation, draft laws and reference literature, it has been proven that the term «professional legal aid», as a verbal symbol of the concept that reflects a particular type of legal aid, is distinguished from others by its subject composition, namely, it is provided by persons who belong to the legal profession. The definition of the term «professional legal aid» has been proposed, its meaning has been disclosed, the signs of this concept have been defined (it is an element of the mechanism of protection of human rights; it is reduced to the provision by actors–individuals (lawyers, defenders) who have acquired the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of legal interpretation, legal implementation and legal protection of legal services aimed at ensuring the realization of rights and freedomsof the man and the citizen, protection of these rights and freedoms, their restoration in case of violation; guaranteed by the state to everyone). The correlation of the category «professional legal aid» with related concepts from the point of view of the philosophical categories of dialectics «general», «special», «single» has been clarified.