Research On The Perfection Of Legal Aid System In China

Equality before the law is the basic principle of the constitutions of all countries?regions) around the world.As an important judicial system to protect human rights,the legal aid system has become an indispensable aspect of modern society.The establishment of the legal aid system and the realization of social equity and justice through legal aid has become a common practice around the world.The legal aid system was established in 1994 in China.After 20 years of development,the system has been gradually developed into a judicial relief system which safeguards legitimate rights and interests of vulnerable groups.Fairness,justice and human rights are the three major theoretical foundations of legal aid.Legal aid manifests the ultimate value of fairness and by providing aid workers and free services to the recipients.The main purpose of legal aid is to protect human rights?Legal aid achieves the intrinsic value of justice by granting every individual equal rights to freedom and legal aid.The United Kingdom,The United States of America,and other developed countries,as well as The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China,have achieved rich experience in legal aid through long-term practice.For example,the public defender system in The United Kingdom,the criminal and civil legal aid model in The United States of America,and the three legal aid programs in Hong Kong provide reference for the legal aid in China.Although the mode of legal aid institutions in different provinces and cities in China have been adopted in various ways,the system has been set up in every region.At the same time,the social groups are actively involved in the work of legal aid,so as to achieve a more comprehensive and perfect realization of justice and justice.Since the establishment of legal aid system in early 1990s,China has gone through three stages:pilot exploration,comprehensive development and rapid development.With the increasing demand for legal aid,the team of legal aid is growing,and the support from the government is further strengthened.While the legal aid system is developing rapidly in our country,it is urgently needed to improve and solve the problems in the aspects of legislation,mechanism and citizen's legal consciousness.This article takes the current legal aid practice at the county level as a perspective,and it takes the legal aid practice of Zhuzhou County Legal Aid Center as a practical base.The article studies the practical problems of China's legal aid system at the county level and provides solutions for the further improvement of China's legal aid system and the further development of the construction of socialist rule of law in China.The combination of theory with practice is of important practical significance in promoting legal aid practice in China.