Capitulations And The Ottoman Legal System
Subtitle: Qadis,consuls And Beraths In The 18th Century (Studies in Islamic Law and Society) (Studies in Islamic Law and Society)
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9789004140356
Subjects: Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Exterritoriality; Turkey; Islam - Law; Privileges and immunities; Legal History; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Capitulations; 18th century; History
First sentence: The privileges the European mercantile communities in the Levant enjoyed were based on two promises, one from sultan, the other from the sovereign to whom the ahdname in question was granted.