“Law and Economics” Literature and Ottoman Legal Studies

Metin Cosgel () and Bogac A. Ergene
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Bogac A. Ergene: University of Vermont

No 2013-02, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This article considers the relevance of hypotheses developed in the "law and economics" literature regarding settlement/trial decisions in the Ottoman Empire. In particular, it explores the applicability of the "selection principle" and "50 percent plaintiff win-rate" formulated by George Priest and Benjamin Klein. The article also demonstrates how existing research based on Ottoman court records can contribute to the "law and economics" scholarship, which is dominated by research based on modern, Western contexts. The article utilizes the court records from eighteenth-century Kastamonu to make observations about settlement/litigation decisions in an Ottoman context.

Keywords: Islamic law; legal system; selection principle; Ottoman Empire; Kastamonu; litigation; settlement; trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 D6 E3 E6 I3 J1 N3 N9 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2013-02
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