Author
Boogert, Maurits van den(Author)
Publication Date
2005
Publication Place
Leiden; Boston -
BRILL
Subject
Privileges and immunities > Turkey > History > 18th century. | Aliens > Turkey > History > 18th century. | Merchants, Foreign > Legal status, laws, etc. > Turkey > History > 18th century.
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource.
Library
American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID
Unknown
Record ID
39701
Library Location
ARCE Library
Date
2005
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. | 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.
Sample Text
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.
Seri
Studies in Islamic Law and Society ;21.
