1, the suspect or the defendant himself;
2. The legal representative of the criminal suspect or defendant ("legal representative" refers to the parents, adoptive parents, guardians and representatives of the organs and organizations responsible for protection);
3. Close relatives of criminal suspects and defendants ("close relatives" refer to husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters);
4. The person entrusted by the criminal suspect or defendant;
5. Designated by the people's court.
As for civil defense, the person who can entrust a lawyer is naturally a person closely related to the case, but it depends on different cases.
The lawyer and the client have a principal-agent relationship.
Principal-agent relationship refers to the contractual legal relationship reached by the game between the principal at an information disadvantage and the agent at an information advantage due to information asymmetry in market transactions.
The legal characteristics of the principal-agent relationship can be summarized as follows: the agent exercises the agency right within the scope authorized by the principal and implements the agency behavior; The principal's interests depend on the agent's behavior; An agent acts in the name of the principal, but the legal consequences of his actions shall be borne by the principal.
A lawyer is the agent of the client. Based on the entrustment contract, lawyers strive for the maximum legitimate rights and interests for the client within the scope of authority granted by the client, and the client can also terminate the entrustment at any time. However, the entrustment contract usually stipulates that if the client terminates the entrustment without justifiable reasons, the paid attorney fees will not be refunded.
The relationship between the agent and the principal
1. Agency is a special civil legal relationship. He is composed of three parties. First of all, I, the principal (the authorized person), followed by the agent; Finally, the relative person, also known as the third person.
2. The lawyer and the client shall sign an authorization agreement within the scope permitted by law, and the lawyer shall exercise the rights of the grantor on behalf of the client according to the agreement.
A principal refers to a person who entrusts others to handle affairs for himself. In the securities brokerage business, the principal refers to a natural person or legal person who can buy and sell securities according to the provisions of national laws and regulations. Refers to the citizens, legal persons or other organizations (also known as sellers) who entrust the company to auction the auction items or property rights that they enjoy ownership or disposal rights.