Cerîde-I Adliye ("Journal of Justice"). by COURTS IN TÜRKIYE - 1340-1342 [1924-26]: 17 issues, 26-42.

Ankara: Adalet Bakanl :, 1340-1342 [1924-26]. Reforming the Turkish legal system First editions, first impressions, of this attractive court journal from the fledgling Turkish Republic, employing various eye-catching methods of data visualization such as fan charts and circular bar plots in order to project courthouse statistics. Copies in collectible condition are uncommon in commerce. This journal was first published in 1873 by the Ministry of Justice, under the same Cerîde-I Mehakim, later Cerîde-I Adliye. It provided the latest news from the Tanzimat Nizamiye courts, with summaries of statistics, rulings, and newly adopted regulations. "The publication of Cerîde-I Mehakim was emblematic of the spirit of Tanzimat and the determination of the reformers to establish a new relationship between the Ottoman Empire, and its subjects, future citizens" (Lévy-Aksu, p. 116). The journal was uninterrupted under the reign of Abdulhamid II. The present run dates from the early years of the Republic of Türkiye, shortly after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. It was a period of transition towards a civil law legal system, and it was not until February 1926 that the secular Turkish Civil Code was enacted. The run employs a number of innovative data visualizations, including bar and fan charts, graphs, circular bar plots and diagrams, pictorial tables, roundels, maps, and vignettes. They present data on documents processed by the Ministry of Justice and the chief prosecutor's office, prisoners, homicide crime rates, and the workload of civil and criminal courts. 17 issues in Three volumes. Issues 26-27 in original paper wrappers, front wrappers with colour graphs, issues 28-42 in recent black cloth, retaining 7 front wrappers only, spine lettered in gilt. With 9 illustrated front wrappers, 15 plates (8 on recto and verso, 6 in colour), 2 folding tables, numerous green and pink slips pasted in. Bound without 5 plates and 2 illustrated front wrappers. Wrappers with minor loss at spines, and neatly repaired, soiling or creasing, some wrappers lightly shaved, marginal tear to folding table, 2 plates tipped in, occasional foxing. A very good set. Ercan Karaismailo lu, R dvan Abdurrahman Demirtas & brahim Enes, "Her Türlü Yoksulluk çinde Tekemmüle Do ru Bir Hatve": Ceride-i Adliye, Makale Fihristi ve Yazar Dizini, Türk Hukuk Tarihi Ara t rmalar, no. 30, 2020, pp. 137-217; Noémi Lévy-Aksu, Ordre et desordres dans I'Stanbul ottomade, 2013.