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Legislating Authority: Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey
Publication Year
2005
Type
Book
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.
Series Title
Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law
Publisher
Routledge
City
New York
ISBN
Cloth: 9780415975100; paper: 9780415655422
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