The Mixed Courts of Egypt, 1876-1949: between imperial internationalism and shared legal knowledge
Workshop
Directions
- Start: Apr 13, 2026 08:45 AM (Local Time Germany)
- End: Apr 14, 2026 05:00 PM
- Location: mpilhlt
- Room: Conference Room (Z01)
- Host: Michel Erpelding
- Contact: erpelding@lhlt.mpg.de
How did the Mixed Courts of Egypt impact legal knowledge and societies on both sides of the Mediterranean? 150 years after these once highly influential institutions heard their first cases, the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory will dedicate a workshop to this question.
The event will take place in Frankfurt am Main on 13–14 April 2026. It is organized by Dr. Michel Erpelding, head of the newly constituted Max Planck research group ‘The hidden heritage of the European Union: the legacy of the law of the League of Nations’, and Mrs Aya Bejermi, whose work as a researcher within that group focusses on mixed courts established in semi-colonial contexts.
For more information, please contact Dr. Michel Erpelding.