TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boogert,Maurits van den
TI  - The Capitulations and the Ottoman Legal System: Qadis, Consuls and Beratlıs in the 18th Century 
T2  - Studies in Islamic Law and Society
SN  - 9789047406129
AV  - KKX2290 
U1  - 349.561/09/033 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL, 
KW  - Privileges and immunities
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Aliens
KW  - Merchants, Foreign
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. The Sultan's Promise -- 2. The Protection System -- 3. Avanias : Misrepresentations of the Ottoman -- 4. The Division of Estates -- 5. Bankruptcy -- 6. Theft -- 7. Conclusion
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047406129
ER  -