Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law Volume 19 | Issue 1 Article 8 2012 National Report: Greece Alexander G. Fessas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/jgspl Part of the Family Law Commons, International Law Commons, and the Sexuality and the Law Commons Recommended Citation Fessas, Alexander G. "National Report: Greece." American University Journal of Gender Social Policy and Law 19, no. 1 (2011): 187-209. This Special Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Fessas: National Report: Greece GREECE 2/23/11 3/25/2011 6:57:24 PM NATIONAL REPORT: GREECE ALEXANDER G. FESSAS* I. GENERAL REMARKS The purpose of the present report is to provide insight in regards to the provisions of Greek law on same-sex marriage. As in many other jurisdictions, a more comprehensive work than a simple analysis on the (in)existence of same-sex marriage is required. Indeed, the statement that contemporary Greek family law excludes the possibility of same-sex marriage would not explain to what extent the law so stands today, why it came to be so, or what the future beholds. Similarly, since family law is affected by provisions from other legal fields on both the domestic and the international levels, it should be presented in conjunction to any such provisions.