عنوان

From slaves to prisoners of war :

(Number (ISBN

0191088188

(Number (ISBN

0191827339

(Number (ISBN

9780191088186

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9780191827334

Erroneous ISBN

0198785410

Erroneous ISBN

9780198785415

Title Proper

From slaves to prisoners of war :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the Ottoman empire, Russia, and international law /

First Statement of Responsibility

Will Smiley.

Edition Statement

First edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 283 pages) :

Other Physical Details

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Series Title

The history and theory of international law

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index.

Text of Note

Part I. First interlude: the Ottoman Empire and its neighborhood. War and captivity ; Slavery and ransom -- Part II. Second interlude: imperial conflict and Russian ascendancy. From the Law of Ransom to the Law of Release ; The boundaries of the Law of Release -- Part III. Third interlude: the 1787 war. Prisoners of war ; Negotiating the prisoner-of-war system -- Part IV. Fourth interlude: the age of revolutions and the "global moment." The rules expand ; Those left out -- Part V. Fifth interlude: the nineteenth century. Military reform, reciprocity, and improved treatment ; Humanitarian law.

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Text of Note

"The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept - the prisoner of war. For centuries, hundreds of thousands of captives, civilians and soldiers alike, crossed the legal and social boundaries of these empires, destined for either ransom or enslavement. But in the eighteenth century, the Ottoman state and its Russian rival, through conflict and diplomacy, worked out a new system of regional international law. Ransom was abolished; soldiers became prisoners of war; and some slaves gained new paths to release, while others were left entirely unprotected. These rules delineated sovereignty, redefined individuals' relationships to states, and prioritized political identity over economic value. In the process, the Ottomans marked out a parallel, non-Western path toward elements of modern international law. Yet this was not a story of European imposition or imitation - the Ottomans acted for their own reasons, maintaining their commitment to Islamic law. For a time even European empires played by these rules, until they were subsumed into the codified global law of war in the late nineteenth century."--Provided by publisher.

Title

From slaves to prisoners of war.

International Standard Book Number

9780198785415

Prisoners of war-- Russia-- History-- 18th century.

Prisoners of war-- Turkey-- History-- 18th century.

Russo-Turkish Wars, 1676-1878.

LAW-- International.

Prisoners of war.

Russia, History, 1689-1801.

Turkey, History, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Russia.

Turkey.

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LAW-- 051000

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Smiley, Will

Date of Transaction

20200822091218.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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