Ottoman and Secular Civil Law

Bibliographic Data

ID8967667
AuthorsDora Glidewell Nadolski (corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume8
Issue4
Pages517-543
Publication date1977-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743800026106
OpenAlexW2065341352
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited18

The term “secularization” is used to qualify that manner of change which occurred in the Islamic system of civil law from 1451 to 1926. It refers to the processes that caused gradual revision and/or change in Islamic Ottoman and Turkish civil law and connotes a departure from the orthodox tenets prescribed by Islamic law. This departure is a process that may create gradual or abrupt change. Also that which in retrospect is classified as a change may not at the outset be classified as such. Specifically, this change may begin in the form of supplementation and continue in this manner without the process taking the form of major change. On the other hand there may be total change within the structure undergoing these experiences. This structure, which is the subject of discussion, is the Islamic Ottoman and Turkish civil law. The secularization process in this case represents: (1) supplementation, (2) reform (Tanzimat and the Mecelle), (3) change (abrogation of the capitulatory system), (4) complete secular change in civil law (adoption of the Swiss Civil Code)

Archaeology · Civil code · Civil law (Civil law · Islam · Legal history · Political science · Public law · Secularization · Sharia · Subject (documents · Turkish · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · Law · Legal Issues in Turkey · Ottoman and Turkish Studies · Philosophy

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