Was There a Rule of Law in the Late Ottoman Empire?

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Abstract

The rule of law is a widely used term in scholarship on Ottoman legal reforms. Nevertheless, the actual meaning of this notion is rarely clarified in the writing on the late Ottoman Empire although theorists of law have discussed the ambiguity of this term. This article aims at examining the value of the rule of law as an analytical category when discussing socio-legal change in the late Ottoman Empire. The article demonstrates that the rule of law can be a meaningful category for historical analysis when conceived through a ‘cultural perspective’ to the law.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-138
Number of pages16
JournalBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
Volume46
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • History
  • Earth-Surface Processes

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