“…The worthy author recounts the judicial persecution of ministers, with a detailed narration of the events, a broad presentation of the legal framework, and a reminder of the political circumstances. The observations and evaluations of the events and the individuals are carried out with sobriety, impartiality, and precision.
The author's legal expertise and political insight, along with his meticulous research, have managed to tame this unappealing topic of the history of a legal institution, susceptible to the impacts of political biases. The reader becomes aware of how a seemingly reasonable institution… is degenerating due to the morally slippery political reality and operates, distorting its mission, to serve primarily wretched pursuits, as an instrument of partisan or even personal conflict.
This book responds positively to the call for drawing lessons from the true knowledge of History, that is, to avoid future political errors and moral shortcomings similar to those committed in the past.
The book also serves as a source of political history of Modern Greece, with interludes describing the political circumstances to somewhat explain the referral of ministers to the Special Court, but also as a source of the legislation governing the topic…”. Konstantinos Io. Despotopoulos (From the presentation of the first edition at the Academy of Athens)
