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Local court, provincial society, and justice in the Ottoman Empire : legal practice and dispute resolution in Çankırı and Kastamonu (1652-1744) /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ergene, Boğaç A., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2003.
Colección:Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 17.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter One Introduction
  • Sources
  • Chapter Two Two Sub-Provinces, Two Towns, Two Courts
  • Çankiri and Kastamonu: Historical Background
  • The Courts of Çankiri and Kastamonu
  • Chapter Three A Comparative Analysis of the Operations of Çankiri and Kastamonu Courts
  • Contents of the Court Records
  • The Kadi as an Intermediary
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Four Litigants, Litigations, and Resolutions: A Statistical Analysis
  • Classification of the Disputes in the Court Records.
  • Courts, Clients, and ""Justice""
  • Balance of Power in the Court
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Five Costs of Court Usage
  • Tax Records
  • Inheritance Registries
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Six The Court Process I: Alternative Approaches to Kadiship, Court, and Legal ""Corruption""
  • The Ottoman Kadi and Court in the Secondary Literature
  • A Critique
  • ""Corruption"" and Its Uses
  • A Case Study: Hans Ulrich Krafft's Memoirs
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Seven Intermission: Sicil as Text
  • Recording the Proceedings
  • Problems of Representation in the Court Records
  • Conclusion.
  • Chapter Eight The Court Process II: Strategies of Litigation
  • Strategy and Legal Competence in Disputes between Individual Litigants
  • Community in Action
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Nine Alternative Sites for Dispute Resolution
  • Official Alternatives to Local Courts
  • Unofficial Sites for Dispute Resolution
  • Ambiguous Settlements
  • ""Going to Court"" as a Phase of Dispute Resolution
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Ten In Place of a Conclusion: Models and Taxonomies
  • Court Model versus Bargain Model
  • Characterizing ""Islamic Law""
  • Epilogue.
  • Appendix: Where Did the Court Clients Come from and Why?
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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