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3.1 Court Abbreviations
Abbreviate court names by the first two or three letters of their name and the place of their seat,
if multiple, and special jurisdiction (in parentheses):
One-Member Court of First Instance in Athens, provisional measures jurisdiction (Mon.Pr.Ath (asf.m.))
Court of Appeals in Patras (Ef. Patrwn)
Council of State: Symboulio tis Epikrateias (StE)
Supreme Civil and Criminal Court: Areios Pagos (AP)
Audit Court: Elegktiko Synedrio (E.S.)
Special Supreme Court: Anotato Eidiko Dikastirio (AED)
Administrative Court of Appeals in Thessaloniki (D.Ef. Thes.)
3.2 Reports
Case reporters are not published by the courts, but by private high academic committees. The
names and abbreviations of the reporters are:
For civil cases: Nomikos Kodikas (Nom.Kod.)
For civil and commercial cases: Epitheorisi Emporikou Dikaiou (E.Emp.D.); Elliniki Dikaiosini (Ell.Dik.);
Nomiko Bima (N.B.)
For public law cases (administrative and constitutional law): Efarmoges Dimosiou Dikaiou (Efarmoges D.D.);
Diikitiki Diki (D.D.); To Syntagma (ToS)
For maritime law cases: Nautiki Dikaiosini (N.D.); Peiraiki Nomologia (P.N.)
4.0 Books
Cite books by name of the author(s) [family name, first initial], title (italicized), edition, volume,
and place and year of publication:
Doris A., Modern Payment Systems, P.N.Sakkoulas, 2 nd ed., Athens, 2000.
Subsequent citation within the same document requires writing of the name of the author, the
initials “o.p.” or “op.cit.” (italicized), meaning “as above”, and the page number:
Doris A., o.p., pp. 40.
5.0 Articles in Periodicals
Cite article in periodicals by name of the author(s) [family name, first initial], title of the article,
title of the periodical (italicized), volume, year, and page referenced:
Miller J., Report on Modern Payment Systems, Nomiko Bima, v. 46, 1998, pp. 16.
6.0 Newspapers and Weekly Journals
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