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HALL OF THE TROPHIES
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Τhe Provisional Constitution of Greece
London: John Murray, 1823 Library of the Hellenic Parliament
TRANSLATION of the 2nd edition of the Pro- visional Constitution of Greece, Corinth, 1822.
The Administration of the Revolutionists very early on realized the importance of the wider communi- cation of the Greek constitutional text for the in- ternational promotion of the Greek cause. Hence, it showed interest for the translation and publication
ΙΙ.2.10
Legge Organica degli Stati Greci
Manuscript no. 532, 1822
Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION O F G R E E C E translated in Italian. The «organ- ic law» in the legal terminology denotes that kind
of the Provisional Constitution of Greece in the main European languages, distributing at the same time printed copies of it to the Philhellenic circles of Eu- rope and America. The English edition had been pre- ceded, already since 1822, by the French and Ger- man one, as well as translated extracts in American newspapers.
of rule in which, among other things, fundamental rights and public freedoms are entrenched.
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