Career
After his accomplishment in France, Amin became a part of the British empire’s civil servant class. In 1885, he was appointed a juror in the Mixed Courts. This court was said to be “saturated” in foreign western influence. The Mixed Courts created in 1875, was a mixture based on Napoleonic judicial system and Islamic Law. The judicators were foreigners from England, Austria, Germany, and France. Amin held a successful tenure with these foreign based law officers. The goal of the Mixed Courts was to control the commercial life of Egypt during its chaotic control by foreign governments and people. The court’s governmental tribunal often competed with the religious courts in its decision making. It was noted for its true reflection of the “right way” because it based its judgments on valid and sound reasoning. By 1887, he entered a predominately western- run Egyptian office of the Government Division of Legal Affairs. Within four years, he was selected one of the National courts’ Egyptian judges.
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