Chapter 8: Shari’a Court Decisions—Final?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Acknowledgement 6
4. A note on transliteration 6
5. Introduction 7
6. Part I: Background Studies
7. Chapter 1: Law and Order 24
8. Chapter 2: The Rise of Ottoman Scholars (ulema) 49
9. Chapter 3: State, Bureaucrats, and Scholars: the Evidence of the Book of Complaints 62
10. Part II: The Şikayet Defteri: The Documents
11. Chapter 4: Oppression and Brigandage 83
12. Chapter 5: The Kadi and the Common People 109
13. Chapter 6: (In)justice by State Officials 124
14. Chapter 7: Complaints Against Kadis and Naibs (Assistant Judges) 136
15. Chapter 8: Shari’a Court Decisions—Final? 143
16. Chapter 9: The Agent (mübaşir) 152
17. Chapter 10: The Role of the Divan in the Legal Process 157
18. Chapter 11: Miscellaneous 167
19. Glossary 179
20. Bibliography 182