Local Court, Provincial Society and Justice in the Ottoman Empire

Legal Practice and Dispute Resolution in Çankırı And Kastamonu (1652-1744)
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12609-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

This book studies the functions of Islamic courts within the framework of the late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Ottoman provincial administration, and explores the processes of adjudication and dispute resolution through a detailed juxtaposition of court records from two Anatolian towns, Çankiri and Kastamonu.
In particular, it identifies the socio-economic backgrounds of the court clients, the kinds of issues that they brought to the courts, their strategies of litigation, and how disputes were resolved in the courts. This book also sheds light on the costs of court usage and reveals alternative sites for dispute resolution that existed independently of the courts.
This study is particularly useful for the students of legal anthropology as it pays a special attention to the practice of law and the process of dispute resolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ergene, Bogaç A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Bogaç A.Ergene, Ph.D. (2001) in History, Ohio State University, is Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont.