@book{135, author = {Ruth Miller}, title = {Legislating Authority: Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey}, abstract = {
Legislation Authority addresses issues of law, state violence, and state authority within the Ottoman and Turkish context.
Contents
Historical context -- Legal context -- 1840 to 1850 : crime and the bureaucracy -- 1851 to 1858 : the disappearance of the victim -- 1859 to 1876 : crimes against the state -- 1877 to 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.
}, year = {2005}, journal = {Middle East Studies: History, Politics \& Law}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {New York}, isbn = {Cloth: 9780415975100; paper: 9780415655422}, language = {eng}, }