Legislating Authority: Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey by Ruth Miller
Legislation Authority addresses issues of law, state violence, and state authority within the Ottoman and Turkish context.
Legislating Authority
Legislating Authority
Summary
Miller forms an intellectual and legal history of the late Ottoman Empire and Turkey, placed within a comparative framework of international trends.
Legislating Authority Summary
About Ruth Miller
Ruth Miller is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She received her Ph.D. in Near eastern Studies from Princeton University, and has published articles on Ottoman and Turkish law in the Journal of Islamic Studies, the Turkish StudiesAssociation Journal, and Studia Islamica.
Table of Contents
Introduction Historical Context Legal Context 1840-1850: Crime and The Bureaucracy 1851-1858: The Disappearance of the Victim 1859-1876: Crimes against the State 1877-1908: The Role of Religion 1909-1920: The Reinvention of EVIL--Positivists and Totalitarians 1920 and Beyond: Modern or Fascist? Turkey Adopts a Fascist Law Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Geographical Distribution of Criminal Cases Appendix B: Database of Capital and Banishment Cases Appendix C: Numerical Distribution of Cases over time Appendix D: Functionary Biographies Appendix E: Functionary Biographies over time Appendix F: Changes made to the republican Turkish Criminal Code Between 1933 and 1938
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NPB9780415975100
9780415975100
0415975107
Legislating Authority: Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey by Ruth Miller
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2005-05-09
188
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