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Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo

open access: yes, 2017
What did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often portrayed as the quintessential jurists' law, to a large extent it was developed by scholars outside the purview of the state.
Baldwin, James E.,
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Fratricide in ottoman law

2022
This paper considers fratricide in the Ottoman Empire from the Islamic/ Ottoman Law viewpoint. The established Turkish political tradition, which is based on the fact that the ruling power is a common patrimony of the members of the dynasty, gave rise to disastrous results in the early period of the Ottoman Empire.
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Law in the Ottoman Empire

2015
This article examines Ottoman law within the context of Islamic law. It first considers the fetva (Arabic, fatwa) collections as important sources shedding light on Ottoman law and their relation to kadi rulings, along with the methodological problems besetting the kadi court records as a historical source.
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The Ottoman Empire and International Law

2021
The Ottoman Empire has long been a marginal subject in both the history and theory of international law. With the imperial turn in historiography and the postcolonial turn to history in legal studies, researchers challenge the stereotype of “the Sick Man of Europe,” paying due attention to the Ottomans’ own understanding of international law and ...
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Civilizational Exceptions: Ottoman Law and Governance in Late Ottoman Palestine

Law and History Review, 2018
AbstractThis article examines the Ottoman extension of rule and jurisdiction to the Beersheba frontier of southern Palestine. As part of itsTanzimatreform policies, the Ottoman administration founded the new town and sub-district of Beersheba in 1900, and sought to implement a legal reform.
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Translating Ottoman Justice: Ragusan Dragomans As Interpreters of Ottoman Law

Islamic Law and Society, 2014
This article focuses on strategies of legal translation and interpretation adopted by dragomans of the Ottoman tributary state of the Republic of Ragusa. Based on hüccets, iʿlāms and draft-documents (minute) from the Turkish Chancellery of the Republic of Ragusa that shed light on the multiple roles played by Ragusan dragomans in Ottoman-Ragusan legal ...
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