A state and the protection of its interests. Advocatus fisci vs State Treasury Solicitors’ Office

The modern concept of the state dates its roots to the beginning of the Renaissance. Created at that time, the concept of ‘the national interest’ realized the existence of a sphere of rights and interests of a particular country, which must be protected in a particular way. To this end, national bodies responsible for protecting the rights and interests of the state were established. Despite the different conception of the state, the origins of institutions dealing with the legal protection of interests and rights of the state can be found in the Roman institution advocates fisci. Even then, numerous provisions governing the organization and functioning of the institution arose. In Poland the institution which deals with this king of protection is the State Treasury Solicitors’ Office. The object of this elaboration is to identify similarities and differences between those two institutions.