At one of its training sessions at the AALL conference the Law Library
of Congress offered a handout on researching Greek law. I can transmit
it to you in Acrobat *.pdf or in Visioneer PaperPort *.max format (the
latter takes less space, but you'd have to download a free reader from
www.visioneer.com).
In my own experience -- confirmed by a recent meeting I had with the
Librarian of Parliament in Athens -- Greek law is particularly
difficult to research. At least you have the decree numbers. There are
several series of the Ephemeris tes kyverneseos, the official gazette.
There are basically two options: Soukentrotiko Deltio (index périodique
des actes parlementaire) or HELLASLEX CD ROM, if you want to ascertain
if the decree you are looking for is still valid and unchanged. (I was
in Athens for one day, and I really wanted a meeting at the Ministry of
the Interior, the responsible ministry for the subject I was
researching. They were, however, on strike that day; the librarian
could only shrug and say, "well, this is Greece".)
The Ephemeris is less accessible than it ought to be. Not long ago I
filed a request to view copies at the British Library (official
publications are stored at Boston Spa, Yorkshire, and are supplied on a
day's notice). The subscription had, it seemed, lapsed 20 years ago. I
had little better luck at the Library of Congress, except for copies
that happened to be on microfilm.
You don't say whether you want the Greek version or an English
translation. I may be visiting the Bodleian next week. They may (or may
not ...) have the Ephemeris. If time permits I'll have a look: if you
could supply the publication date it would speed up the research
considerably.
Andy Grossman
Université catholique de Louvain
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