Introduction -- Part one. Methodology and background. Quantitative approaches in research on Ottoman legal practice -- Kastamonu : the town and its people -- Part two. The court and court clients. The court, its actors, and its archive -- Court use : disputes versus agreements -- Part three. To settle or not to settle. Dispute resolution in Ottoman courts of law -- Trial versus settlement : an economic approach -- Which disputes went to trial? : case-type- and period-based analyses -- Part four. Litigations -- Rules and tools of litigation -- Economics of litigation : what affects success at trial? -- Who won? : case-type- and period-based analyses -- Conclusion.