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Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey
Kent F. Schull
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Description for Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey
Paperback. Editor(s): Schull, Kent F.; Saracolu, M. Safa; Zens, Robert F. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 307 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
The editors of this volume have gathered leading scholars on the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey to chronologically examine the sweep and variety of sociolegal projects being carried in the region. These efforts intersect issues of property, gender, legal literacy, the demarcation of village boundaries, the codification of Islamic law, economic liberalism, crime and punishment, and refugee rights across the empire and the Aegean region of the Turkish Republic.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253020925
SKU
V9780253020925
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About Kent F. Schull
Kent F. Schull is Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Middle East History at Binghamton University, SUNY. He is author of Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire: Microcosms of Modernity and coeditor (with Christine Isom-Verhaaren) of Living in the Ottoman Realm: Empire and Identity, Thirteenth to Twentieth Centuries. M. Safa Saraçoğlu is Associate Professor of History at Bloomsburg University ... Read more
Reviews for Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey
In all, this collection of essays, while not for the lay reader, is a welcome scholarly contribution to the study of law and legal affairs in the Ottoman Empire, with an emphasis on legal reforms, the politics of managing empire-citizen relationships, and institutional legal responses to challenges from Western powers. As such, this volume opens a new perspective for historians ... Read more