Abstract:
From the beginning of the 19th century it appeared that the European
legal system had begun to enter the Ottoman legal system. In this
period, it is estimated that the Egyptian province was ahead of Turkey
in the codification of the law. The establishment of the Mixed Courts
was one of the most important developments in the history of Egyptian
civilization with the expression of Khedive Ismail and was welcomed in
the first place; But in the process, Egyptian nationalist administrators
and the Egyptian bourgeoisie, which emerged as an efficient class, began
to evaluate these courts as an influential means of intervention by the
European powers on the country. As a result of international diplomatic
initiatives and legal regulations, the Mixed Courts would be completely
removed from the Egyptian legal system at the end of the first half of the 20th century. In this study, the legal, social, economic and political
effects of these courts on Egypt were tried to be revealed by Ottoman
and especially English archival documents during the period beginning
from the Mixed Courts were established in 1875 until they were officially
abolished in 1949.
