Wealthy Egyptians exploited foreign citizenship to escape local jurisdiction when caught breaking the law

Evidence

Ironically, `Alï Pasha Sharïf’s case had been separated from the others, as he had almost immediately claimed to be an Italian citizen and thus exempt from the jurisdiction of the Egyptian government for whom he worked in the Legislative Assembly. His case was handed over to the Italian consul, and he was not forced to appear before the court-martial. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 694

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the capitulations system pervasive in Ottoman Egypt and anticipates later theories about how European consular protection created legal distance for elites — relates to Milgrom reputation and extralegal status dynamics. — connects to: Egyptian elites evaded British law through claims of European citizenship and consular asylum — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 48; A leading nationalist evaded Egyptian courts by claiming Italian citizenship — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 694
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Egyptian elites evaded British law through claims of European citizenship and consular asylum — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 48; A leading nationalist evaded Egyptian courts by claiming Italian citizenship — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 694

Broader Connections

• Egyptian elites evaded British law through claims of European citizenship and consular asylum #expands (0.95) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 48