British Perceptions of Ottoman Judicial Reform in the Late Nineteenth Century
Some Preliminary Insights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12176262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Avi Rubin (0000-0003-4667-0598, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 04 |
| Pages | 991-1012 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Social Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0897-6546 • E-ISSN: 1747-4469 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01293.x |
| OpenAlex | W2113268933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Ottomans founded a new court system, the Nizamiye courts, as part of an empire-wide ambitious project of judicial and administrative reform, which involved legal transplantation from the French model. The institutional evolution of these courts was completed with elaborate legislation introduced in 1879. This article explores British consular and diplomatic accounts dispatched in the immediate aftermath of the 1879 reforms in an attempt to assess the value of these reports for understanding the passage of Ottoman law to modernity. Comparison of British accounts with relevant Ottoman sources and recent research reveals that British consuls and diplomats produced distorted representations of Ottoman judicial reform, exhibiting lack of faith in the effectiveness of these reforms. Misrepresentation resulted from ignorance about the nature of reformed Ottoman law, prejudice, and concerns about the effect of these reforms on the ability of British consuls to interfere with Ottoman court proceedings
Faith · Ignorance · Legislation · Misrepresentation · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire
The Middle East in the world economy, 1800-1914
Local Court, Provincial Society and Justice in the Ottoman Empire
The era of Muhammad ’Ali Pasha, 1805–1848
Contending Visions of the Middle East
British Diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the present
Ottoman Judicial Change in the Age of Modernity
From the Eastern Question to the Death of General Gordon
Ottoman Perceptions of the Capitulations 1800-1914
Legal borrowing and its impact on Ottoman legal culture in the late nineteenth century
Regional and Functional Specialisation in the British Consular Service
Popular Interpretations of ‘Corruption’ and their Partisan Consequences
Bureaucracy as a Vocation
The Economics of British Foreign Policy, 1825-50
The Role of the British Consular Service in Overseas Trade, 1825-1914
Everyday Forms of Compliance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |