EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN PROVISIONS ON KEEPING CONTACT BETWEEN THE PERSON DEPRIVED OF HIS LIBERTY AND HIS FAMILY, DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES
EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN PROVISIONS ON KEEPING CONTACT BETWEEN THE PERSON DEPRIVED OF HIS LIBERTY AND HIS FAMILY, DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

Summary/Abstract: In any democratic society the lawyer plays an essential role in defending the rights and freedoms recognized by law. The actual accomplishment of his mission can expose the lawyer to some risks and pressures exerted by the same judicial authorities called to ensure compliance with the law. The current article aims to analyse the possible implications of prosecuting charges against a lawyer for facts that represent nothing but concrete ways to perform some legal activities. The limits within which such accusations can be formulated, the potential consequences of the criminal judicial activity from the perspective of the basis of the accusations brought and the possible forms of protection available to the lawyer will be considered.Every democratic society seeks to create a stable environment for its members, trying to identify the needs of citizens, in all aspects, creating legal norms to ensure the proper functioning of society as a whole is one of the needs. The family as an institution, but also as a form of people's approach, requires maintaining a balance in the family relations, a desideratum pursued by both society and its members. Situations where a family member is deprived of liberty following a final court decision raise various questions about the family situation and the links between the family and the person in custody. The European states, as well as Canada, have recognized the importance of the family in the life of a person deprived of liberty by adopting rules in the field of penitentiary that contribute to the desideratum of the proper functioning of the family. But these rules also present, carefully scrutinized.

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