The Capitulations and the Ottoman Legal System - Qadis, Consuls and Beratlis in the 18th Century (Paperback)


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 book.

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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 book.

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Imprint

Brill

Country of origin

Netherlands

Release date

February 2020

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First published

2005

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Dimensions

235 x 155mm (L x W)

Format

Paperback

Pages

324

ISBN-13

978-90-04-42862-1

Barcode

9789004428621

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LSN

90-04-42862-3



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