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The capitulations and the Ottoman legal system : qadis, consuls, and beraths in the 18th century /
"Pre-modern Western sources generally claim that European mercantile communities in the Ottoman Empire enjoyed legal autonomy, and were thus effectively immune to Ottoman justice. At the same time, they report numerous disputes with Ottoman officials over jurisdiction ("avanias"), whi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2005.
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| Colección: | Studies in Islamic law and society ;
v. 21. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Pre-modern Western sources generally claim that European mercantile communities in the Ottoman Empire enjoyed legal autonomy, and were thus effectively immune to Ottoman justice. At the same time, they report numerous disputes with Ottoman officials over jurisdiction ("avanias"), which seems to contradict this claim, the discrepancy being considered proof of the capriciousness of the Ottoman legal system. Modern studies of Ottoman-European relations in this period have tended uncritically to accept this interpretation, which is challenged in this study."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429427968 1429427965 1433706679 9781433706677 |
| ISSN: | 1384-1130 ; |