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Author Akçam, Taner, 1953- author.

Title The spirit of the laws : the plunder of wealth in the Armenian genocide / Taner Akçam and Ümit Kurt ; translated by Aram Arkun
Published New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 206 pages)
Series War and genocide ; volume 21
War and genocide ; v. 21.
Contents The laws and decrees of the Committee of Union and Progress period -- The Armistice period and the returning Armenians -- The Turkish Republic prior to Lausanne -- The Treaty of Lausanne : a turning point -- After Lausanne : the Armenians remaining outside of Turkey -- Turkey after Lausanne : virtually raising a wall around its borders like a fortress -- Domestic legal regulations during the Republican period
Summary Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Armenians -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
Armenians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
Armenian question.
Armenians -- Relocation -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
Forced migration -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
Pillage -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
Armenian question
Armenians
Armenians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Armenians -- Relocation
Forced migration
Pillage
SUBJECT Turkey -- History -- Mehmed V, 1909-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138828
Subject Turkey
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kurt, Ümit, author
Arkun, Aram, translator
ISBN 9781782386247
1782386246
Other Titles Kanunların ruhu. English