Why Did Ümmü Gülsüm Go to Court? Ottoman Legal Practice between History and Anthropology

Abstract This article offers a critical assessment of the existing literature on Ottoman courts of law, which characterizes the court's operations as single-mindedly legalistic and socially disinterested. There is a conceptual discrepancy between this literature and recent legal and anthropolog...

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Main Author: Ergene, Boğaç (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2010
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2010, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-244
Further subjects:B KAZF
B SICIL
B LEGAL PRACTICE (OTTOMAN)
B TAHKIM
B ZINA
B SULH
B HAD
B COURT
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