THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY OFFICE IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (II)

Abstract

This paper is the second paper resulting from the scientific research project:" The role and significance of the State Attorney’s Office in the judicial system of the Republic of Macedonia"1 conducted by the authors as researchers. This project and the purpose of its research has special significance because it is a state body that in our country, according to the findings of the research team of this project, has not been researched on scientific level and represents a neglected segment in the entire judicial system, rather than having central place in it. While the first paper presents the historical development of the State’s Attorney Office in the legal system of the Republic of Macedonia, this second paper is committed to presenting the data resulting from three different research activities. Firstly, the paper aims to present the results of analyze of the annual reports in certain period of the work and success in resolving cases of this state body. The second research activity was conducting a survey among the citizens in the eastern region of Republic of Macedonia2 in order to collect data about the perception and the knowledge that citizens have regarding this important state body, as well as to analyze the existing communication between the State’s Attorney Office and the citizens in matters of protecting property interests of the state.