Fra politica internazionale e civiltà del diritto. La riforma giudiziaria in Egitto (1867-1875)

The essay deals with the political process leading to the creation of mixed courts in Egypt in 1875. The essay analyzes the inner political motivations and the position of the great powers that converge towards this radical reform of the jurisdictions in a Muslim country and it underlines the weight that European legal science is able to exercise to overcome the strong opposition of a substantial part of the economic and mercantile interests of European countries