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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) / by Boğaç A. Ergene.

By: Ergene, Boğaç A, 1971-Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 17.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003. Description: x, 236 p : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9004126090Subject(s): 1288-1918 | Justice, Administration of -- Turkey -- History -- 17th century | Justice, Administration of -- Turkey -- History -- 18th century | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918Genre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 347.561 LOC classification: KKX283 | .E74 2003
Contents:
Two Sub-Provinces, Two Towns, Two Courts -- Cankiri and Kastamonu: Historical Background -- The Courts of Cankiri and Kastamonu -- A Comparative Analysis of the Operations of Cankiri and Kastamonu Courts -- Contents of the Court Records -- The Kadi as an Intermediary -- 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 -- Costs of Court Usage -- Tax Records -- Inheritance Registries -- 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 -- Intermission: Sicil as Text -- Recording the Proceedings -- Problems of Representation in the Court Records -- The Court Process II: Strategies of Litigation -- Strategy and Legal Competence in Disputes between Individual Litigants -- Community in Action -- 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 -- In Place of a Conclusion: Models and Taxonomies -- Court Model versus Bargain Model -- Characterizing "Islamic Law" -- Where Did the Court Clients Come from and Why?
Summary: Ergene (U. of Vermont) examines the practice of law in Ottoman Anatolia, during the period, focusing on the judicial operations of local Islamic courts and the processes of dispute resolution as recorded in the court registers of the two north subprovinces named. He is not concerned with local history of the two provincial centers, or how the peopled lived and died, but concentrates on the relationship between the courts and the people, and on understanding the place of Islamic courts in Ottoman provincial life. The study is revised from his 2001 doctoral dissertation for Ohio State University. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.

Two Sub-Provinces, Two Towns, Two Courts -- Cankiri and Kastamonu: Historical Background -- The Courts of Cankiri and Kastamonu -- A Comparative Analysis of the Operations of Cankiri and Kastamonu Courts -- Contents of the Court Records -- The Kadi as an Intermediary -- 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 -- Costs of Court Usage -- Tax Records -- Inheritance Registries -- 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 -- Intermission: Sicil as Text -- Recording the Proceedings -- Problems of Representation in the Court Records -- The Court Process II: Strategies of Litigation -- Strategy and Legal Competence in Disputes between Individual Litigants -- Community in Action -- 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 -- In Place of a Conclusion: Models and Taxonomies -- Court Model versus Bargain Model -- Characterizing "Islamic Law" -- Where Did the Court Clients Come from and Why?

Ergene (U. of Vermont) examines the practice of law in Ottoman Anatolia, during the period, focusing on the judicial operations of local Islamic courts and the processes of dispute resolution as recorded in the court registers of the two north subprovinces named. He is not concerned with local history of the two provincial centers, or how the peopled lived and died, but concentrates on the relationship between the courts and the people, and on understanding the place of Islamic courts in Ottoman provincial life. The study is revised from his 2001 doctoral dissertation for Ohio State University. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).