Legislating Authority | Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

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Legislating Authority

ABSTRACT

Legislation Authority addresses issues of law, state violence, and state authority within the Ottoman and Turkish context.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|5 pages

Historical Context

chapter Chapter Two|6 pages

Legal Context

chapter Chapter Three|16 pages

1840 to 1850: Crime and the Bureaucracy

chapter Chapter Four|12 pages

1851 to 1858: The Disappearance of the Victim

chapter Chapter Five|13 pages

1859 to 1876: Crimes Against the State

chapter Chapter Six|14 pages

1877 to 1908: The Role of Religion

chapter Chapter Seven|14 pages

1909 to 1920: The Reinvention of "Evil"—Positivists and Totalitarians

chapter Chapter Eight|11 pages

1920 and Beyond: Modern or Fascist?

chapter Chapter Nine|8 pages

Turkey Adopts a Fascist Law

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion