The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (Greek: Άρειος Πάγος, Areopagus, i.e. the "Hill of Ares") is the supreme court of Greece for civil and criminal law. In Greece, the decisions of the supreme court are final. However, since Greece is a member state of the Council of Europe, cases ruled on by the Greek high court can be appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. If the supreme court decides that a lower court violated the law or principles of legal process, it can order the rehearing of a case by the lower court. The court consists of the president and the attorney-general, ten vice-presidents, sixty five areopagites and seventeen deputy attorneys-general. The members of the Supreme Court are tenured until they reach the mandatory retirement age of 67, as mandated by the Greek constitution.
The Areios Pagos is named after the first court of androfonies (crimes of murder), founded between 1500-1300 BC by Theseus and King Cecrops, which was situated on the rocky hill named after the god Ares in Athens. This highest court of antiquity was named the Areios Pagos Parliament and consisted of members for life, the Areopagites. In 462 BC a great part of the administrative and judicial powers was conveyed to the Heliaia, the 'Parliament' and the Ekklesia (public assembly). The institution was copied in many Greek city-states, and survived until well into the late Roman period, when the cities' internal autonomy was curtailed.
On 16 October 1834, the Areios Pagos was founded as the supreme court of independent Greece by royal decree. Instead of receiving the name Court of Cassation, it was named after its ancient equivalent. The first supreme court justices were nominated on 13 January 1835 by royal decree. The first president of the supreme court was Christodoulos Klonaris (1788-1849), attorney at law in the city of Nafplion and the minister of justice in the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias. The first attorney-general was Andronikos Paekos, who until then was the presiding judge of the temporary court of Missolonghi.
The first case of the Supreme Court (1/1835) was heard on 30 April 1835 and the decision was published on 1 May 1835.
The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece is currently housed in the courthouse of Alexandras Avenue built by renowned architect Iason Rizos (Ιάσων Ρίζος) on February 23, 1981.[1]
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Supreme Court of Greece redirects here For other uses see Supreme Court of Greece disambiguation The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece Greek Areios Pagos Areopagus i e the Hill of Ares is the supreme court of Greece for civil and criminal law In Greece the decisions of the supreme court are final However since Greece is a member state of the Council of Europe cases ruled on by the Greek high court can be appealed to the European Court of Human Rights If the supreme court decides that a lower court violated the law or principles of legal process it can order the rehearing of a case by the lower court The court consists of the president and the attorney general ten vice presidents sixty five areopagites and seventeen deputy attorneys general The members of the Supreme Court are tenured until they reach the mandatory retirement age of 67 as mandated by the Greek constitution Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of GreeceAreios PagosLogo of the Supreme Civil and Criminal CourtEstablished1834LocationAthens GreeceWebsitewww areiospagos grPresidentCurrentlyMaria GeorgiouSince30 June 2021 Contents 1 History 2 List of presidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditFurther information Areopagus The Areios Pagos is named after the first court of androfonies crimes of murder founded between 1500 1300 BC by Theseus and King Cecrops which was situated on the rocky hill named after the god Ares in Athens This highest court of antiquity was named the Areios Pagos Parliament and consisted of members for life the Areopagites In 462 BC a great part of the administrative and judicial powers was conveyed to the Heliaia the Parliament and the Ekklesia public assembly The institution was copied in many Greek city states and survived until well into the late Roman period when the cities internal autonomy was curtailed On 16 October 1834 the Areios Pagos was founded as the supreme court of independent Greece by royal decree Instead of receiving the name Court of Cassation it was named after its ancient equivalent The first supreme court justices were nominated on 13 January 1835 by royal decree The first president of the supreme court was Christodoulos Klonaris 1788 1849 attorney at law in the city of Nafplion and the minister of justice in the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias The first attorney general was Andronikos Paekos who until then was the presiding judge of the temporary court of Missolonghi Among the areopagites there was also Anastasios Polyzoidis until then presiding judge of the temporary court of Nafplion famous for his refusal along with fellow judge Georgios Tertsetis to sign the conviction of the hero of the Greek Revolution Theodoros Kolokotronis The first case of the Supreme Court 1 1835 was heard on 30 April 1835 and the decision was published on 1 May 1835 The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece is currently housed in the courthouse of Alexandras Avenue built by renowned architect Iason Rizos Iaswn Rizos on February 23 1981 1 List of presidents EditChristos Klonaris 1835 1847 Yannis Somakis 1847 1848 Christos Klonaris 1848 1849 Georgios A Rallis 1849 1861 Aristeidis Moraitinis 1861 1872 Dimitrios Valvis 1872 1885 Nikolaos Deligiannis 1885 1891 Konstantinos Simantiras 1891 1911 Christos Kapsalis 1911 1921 Spiridon Tsagris 1921 1922 Antonios Zilimon 1922 1933 Georgios Panopoulos 1933 1941 Konstantinos Kyrillopoulos 1941 1945 Yannis Sakketas 1945 1948 Ilias Papailiou 1948 1953 Christos Stavropoulos 1953 Yannis Apostolopoulos 1953 1959 Konstantinos Kafkas 1959 1963 Stylianos Mavromichalis 1963 1968 Theodoros Kamperis 1968 1969 Athanasios Georgiou 1969 1970 Vasilios Patsourakos 1970 1973 Lisandros Kanellakos 1973 1974 Dimitris Margellos 1974 1975 Konstantinos Zacharis 1975 1976 Spiridon Gaggas 1976 1977 Georgios Karamanos 1977 1978 Spiridon Kollas 1978 1979 Dimitrios Skoumpis 1979 1982 Georgios Konstas 1982 1985 Antonios Stasinos 1985 1989 Ioannis Grivas 1989 1990 Vasilios Kokkinos 1990 1996 Stefanos Matthias 1996 2002 Georgios Kapos 2002 2005 Romilos Kedikoglou 2005 2007 Vasileios Nikopoulos 2007 2009 Georgios Kalamidas 2009 2011 Rena Asimakopoulou 2011 2013 Michail Theocharidis 2013 2014 Athanasios Koutromanos 2014 2015 Vassiliki Thanou Christophilou 2015 2017 Vasileios Peppas 2017 2020 Aggeliki Aliferopoulou 2020 2021 Maria Georgiou 2021 present References 2 See also Edit Law portal Greece portal Ancient Greece portalJudicial system of GreeceReferences Edit Oi leykoi ippotes ths A8hnas Ta 9 marmarina ktiria poy fwtizoyn thn polh 24 February 2016 Retrieved 23 October 2018 Former Presidents Court of Cassation Retrieved 26 August 2015 External links EditOfficial website in English Coordinates 37 59 22 N 23 45 12 E 37 9895 N 23 7533 E 37 9895 23 7533 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece amp oldid 1096960443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
