Corps de droit ottoman

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'''''Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman''''' is a 1905 seven-volume French-language collection of [[Ottoman Empire]] law by George Miller, published by [[Clarendon Press]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

==Background==
Miller, who worked for the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Spain as a second secretary,<ref name=Lawmagrev>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> used non-public material, including the archives of the Embassy of the United Kingdom in the Ottoman Empire, to build his book.<ref name=LawQuart>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) - Cited: p. 444</ref> He had no background in Asian studies<!--"Orientalist"--> nor in law.<ref name=Lawmagrev/>

==Contents==
Each book has a table of contents, as well as an introduction written in English. There is no index.<ref name=Lawmagrev/>

Volume I describes law relating to the courts and government, including immovable property.<ref name=Lawmagrev/>

Volume II describes law relating to the military, non-Muslim [[millets]], and public order.<ref name=Lawmagrev/>

Volume III describes foreign affairs, maritime affairs, and public health.<ref name=Lawmagrev/>

==Reception==
D. G. Hogarth of ''[[The English Historical Review]]'' praised the book, stating that there was no hitherto book covering its ground.<ref>Hogarth, p. 186.</ref>

''[[Law Quarterly Review]]'' wrote that while the work was not likely to be read by a large audience, "he has made excellent use of his ipportunities" and "it is a credit" to his publishers and to the British diplomatic staff.<ref name=LawQuart/>

==See also==
* [[Law of the Ottoman Empire]]

==References==
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===Notes===


==External links==
[[Category:Law books]]
[[Category:Books about the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:French-language books]]
[[Category:Oxford University Press books]]

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