Local court, provincial society, and justice in the Ottoman Empire : Legal practice and dispute resolution in Çankiri and Kastamonu (1652-1744).

Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One Introduction -- Sources -- Chapter Two Two Sub-Provinces, Two Towns, Two Courts -- Çankiri and Kastamonu: Historical Background -- The Courts of Çankiri and Kastamonu -- Chapter Three A Comparative Analysis of the Operations of Çankiri and Kastamonu Courts -- Contents of the Court Records -- The Kadi as an Intermediary -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four Litigants, Litigations, and Resolutions: A Statistical Analysis -- Classification of the Disputes in the Court Records -- Courts, Clients, and "Justice" -- Balance of Power in the Court -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Costs of Court Usage -- Tax Records -- Inheritance Registries -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six The Court Process I: Alternative Approaches to Kadiship, Court, and Legal "Corruption" -- The Ottoman Kadi and Court in the Secondary Literature -- A Critique -- "Corruption" and Its Uses -- A Case Study: Hans Ulrich Krafft's Memoirs -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven Intermission: Sicil as Text -- Recording the Proceedings -- Problems of Representation in the Court Records -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eight The Court Process II: Strategies of Litigation -- Strategy and Legal Competence in Disputes between Individual Litigants -- Community in Action -- Conclusion -- Chapter Nine Alternative Sites for Dispute Resolution -- Official Alternatives to Local Courts -- Unofficial Sites for Dispute Resolution -- Ambiguous Settlements -- "Going to Court" as a Phase of Dispute Resolution -- Conclusion -- Chapter Ten In Place of a Conclusion: Models and Taxonomies -- Court Model versus Bargain Model -- Characterizing "Islamic Law" -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Where Did the Court Clients Come from and Why? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T.

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