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5. Reconstructing Early Modern Notions of Legal Pluralism

  • Richard J. Ross and Philip J. Stern
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Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850
This chapter is in the book Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850
© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. 1. Empires and Legal Pluralism 1
  5. Part I: Composite Polities across Empires
  6. 2. “Bundles of Hyphens” 19
  7. 3. Litigating Empire 49
  8. Part II: Political and Religious Imagination
  9. 4. Aspects of Legal Pluralism in the Ottoman Empire 81
  10. 5. Reconstructing Early Modern Notions of Legal Pluralism 109
  11. 6. Between Justice and Economics 143
  12. Part III: Constructing Imperial Jurisdiction
  13. 7. Magistrates in Empire 171
  14. 8. “Seeking the Water of Baptism” 199
  15. 9. “A Pretty Gov[ernment]!” 233
  16. Part IV: Concluding Perspectives
  17. 10. Laws’ Histories 259
  18. 11. Rules of Law, Politics of Empire 279
  19. About the Contributors 295
  20. Index 299
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814771167.003.0005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. 1. Empires and Legal Pluralism 1
  5. Part I: Composite Polities across Empires
  6. 2. “Bundles of Hyphens” 19
  7. 3. Litigating Empire 49
  8. Part II: Political and Religious Imagination
  9. 4. Aspects of Legal Pluralism in the Ottoman Empire 81
  10. 5. Reconstructing Early Modern Notions of Legal Pluralism 109
  11. 6. Between Justice and Economics 143
  12. Part III: Constructing Imperial Jurisdiction
  13. 7. Magistrates in Empire 171
  14. 8. “Seeking the Water of Baptism” 199
  15. 9. “A Pretty Gov[ernment]!” 233
  16. Part IV: Concluding Perspectives
  17. 10. Laws’ Histories 259
  18. 11. Rules of Law, Politics of Empire 279
  19. About the Contributors 295
  20. Index 299
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