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The proposed textbook is a unique work - a modern doctrine and systematic analysis, taking into account the latest legislation of Ukraine, of the problems of legal aid and defence in criminal proceedings.

This is the first textbook in Ukraine on a new discipline, which, in accordance with the Master's degree programme in Law, taking into account the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in 2016 and sectoral legislation as of 18 April 2018, it analyses the current state of legal certainty of the institute of defence and legal aid, considers current issues of ensuring the effectiveness of legal aid and the application of the institute of defence in criminal proceedings.

Significant attention is paid to the status of defence counsel and representative, issues of competition of legal norms, conflicts and fictions in procedural legislation related to the regulation of legal aid;related to the regulation of legal aid and defence, improvement of legal relations of investigators, detectives, prosecutors, investigating judges and defence counsels, development of legal certainty of the institute of defence and other forms of legal aid, problems of the theory of evidence and evidentiary activities of the defence, defence counsel's participation in the conduct of investigative and covert investigative (detective) actions, defence in the course of detention, arrest, house arrest and other preventive measures, defence in the course of new institutions of criminal procedure law, in particular, defence in a jury trial, the institution of court debates, etc. The author makes proposals for improving the legislation and practice of its application.

The textbook is intended primarily for master's students of higher law schools studying in the speciality "Law". It will be a useful tool for postgraduate students, teachers and those seeking in-depth study of criminal procedure, as well as for practitioners of human rights bodies, investigators, detectives, judges, lawyers, and prosecutors.