Modernity as a Code: The Ottoman Empire and the Global Movement of Codification

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Abstract

Codification was a founding feature of Ottoman legal reform from the 1840s until the demise of the empire. This article seeks to situate the Ottoman project of codification in the context of the global codification momentum, which set the ground for a transnational common imagination of the law during the "long nineteenth century". When analyzed from the perspective of glocalization, Ottoman codes, much like codes elsewhere, stand out as essential signifiers of modernity in the socio-legal sphere.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)828-856
Number of pages29
JournalJournal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Volume59
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Nov 2016

Keywords

  • Codification
  • Legal formalism
  • Mecelle
  • Modernity
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman legal culture

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • History
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics

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