Participation of a Legal Representative of a Minor in Criminal Proceedings

Abstract

The objective of the article is to consider the notion of a legal representative of a minor, to determine her role in the criminal process, to identify and to analyze some issues of a legal representative’s participation in the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings, as well as in the trial itself. The article analyzes the specific features of involving a person as a legal representative of a minor, his procedural status, the participation of a legal representative of a minor in the performance of individual investigative actions.