It is not possible to understand fully the modern Egyptian legal system and law withoiut a knowledge of the mixed courts of Egypt.
This book provides essential material for understanding this system and shows the development of Egyptian law from its modern origins in 1875, through the social and economic changes of the First World War, the 1930s expansion, the Second World War and the pre-revolutionary monarchy.
It concludes with an assessment of the influence of the Mixed Courts on the modern system. This thoroughly researched work will appeal to both the academic and practitioner involved in Middle East Law on a regular basis.
