Local court, provincial society, and justice in the Ottoman Empire : legal practice and dispute resolution in Cankr and Kastamonu (1652-1744) / by Bogac A. Ergene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ergene, Boğaç A., 1971-

Series:

Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 17.

Studies in Islamic law and society, 1384-1130 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Turkey--History--17th century.

Justice, Administration of.

Justice, Administration of--Turkey--History--18th century.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work covers the functions of Islamic courts within the framework of the late 17th- and early 18th-century Ottoman provincial administration, and explores the process of adjudication and dispute resolution through a juxtaposition of court records from two Anatolian towns, Cankiri and Kastamonu.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Two Sub-Provinces, Two Towns, Two Courts; Chapter Three A Comparative Analysis of the Operations of Çankiri and Kastamonu Courts; Chapter Four Litigants, Litigations, and Resolutions: A Statistical Analysis; Chapter Five Costs of Court Usage; Chapter Six The Court Process I: Alternative Approaches to Kadiship, Court, and Legal ""Corruption""; Chapter Seven Intermission: Sicil as Text; Chapter Eight The Court Process II: Strategies of Litigation

Chapter Nine Alternative Sites for Dispute ResolutionChapter Ten In Place of a Conclusion: Models and Taxonomies; Epilogue; Appendix: Where Did the Court Clients Come from and Why?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46684-7

9786610466849

1-4175-5189-5

90-474-0159-X

OCLC:

77006917