{"product_id":"the-capitulations-and-the-ottoman-legal-system-qadis-consuls-and-beratlis-in-the-18th-century-9789004428621","title":"The Capitulations and the Ottoman Legal System: Qadis, Consuls and Beratlıs in the 18th Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePre-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[...] Boogert's analysis is clear, without any logical or methodological fallacies, based on extensive documentation while his conclusions are well founded, illuminative and innovative.\" Demetrios Papastamatiou in Journal of Oriental and African Studies (JOAS) 20 (2011), 321-324.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210799407447,"sku":"9789004428621","price":49.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-capitulations-and-the-ottoman-legal-system-qadis-consuls-and-beratlis-in-the-18th-century-9789004428621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}