“The Role of the Lawyer of sentencing” by the Law School

The Faculty of Law of the Neapolis University in Cyprus in cooperation with the Bar Association Paphos organized on March 31, 2014, a lecture on “The Role of the Lawyer in sentencing: Discussion on the occasion of the publication of the book by lawyer Mr. Sava Zannoupa, jurisprudential approximation of penalty “. The speakers were Constantine Kalava, lawyer and Andreas Hatsikyrou, lawyer of the Republic.

Introduction and coordination were made by Petros Artemis, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the University and t. President of the Supreme Court. John Papazacharias, Chairman firm of Paphos Association and became Speech from the author of the book Savvas Zannoupa, lawyer. The statement including that the role of the lawyer is not to teach what is right or wrong. His role is to convince others and Judge that the customer is right and the other party’s wrong. It was also noted that although the role of a lawyer is to promote the client’s case, this does not mean they have the right to mislead the Court. The role and importance of a lawyer in the Cypriot legal system is recognized by the Constitution. The importance and role of a lawyer is also recognizes by the European Convention on Human Rights. Concluding he highlighted the task of lawyers and the Bar Associations, to teach and to ordinary people. This is necessary to further strengthen and consolidate the rule of law.