Thank you, Yavuz Aykan, for joining us as guest blog editor in December. In case you missed his essays, here they are: Introduction: On the Authority of the Qāḍī’s Judgment … Continue reading Thank you, Yavuz Aykan!
Thank you, Yavuz Aykan!
Modest Yet Crucial: The Work of a Provincial Muftī
By Yavuz Aykan This is the third essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." In my second essay, I described … Continue reading Modest Yet Crucial: The Work of a Provincial Muftī
The Madhhab Administration in Kurdistan and the Banal Affair of a Kurdish Tribe
By Yavuz Aykan This is the second essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." Before revisiting the legal drama of … Continue reading The Madhhab Administration in Kurdistan and the Banal Affair of a Kurdish Tribe
Introduction: On the Authority of the Qāḍī’s Judgment
By Yavuz Aykan This is the first essay in a series of four essays on "Why the Ottoman fiqh? Reading Ḥanafī jurisprudence in its historical longue durée." In my essay series, I will … Continue reading Introduction: On the Authority of the Qāḍī’s Judgment
Welcome to our December Guest Blogger: Yavuz Aykan
Yavuz Aykan is Associate Professor of Early Modern History at University of Paris 1's School of History (École d'Histoire de la Sorbonne). He is the author of Rendre la justice … Continue reading Welcome to our December Guest Blogger: Yavuz Aykan
Recent Scholarship: New Book on Ottoman Legal System
Forms and Institutions of Justice: Legal Actions in Ottoman Contexts, edited by Yavuz Aykan and Işık Tamdoğan This volume examines the concept of "justice" across different times and places that … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: New Book on Ottoman Legal System