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This dimension sorts jurists by the specific role they held, a judge, a legal scholar or a practicing lawyer. Wikipedia notes that the term jurist "can refer to a legal scholar, a judge, or a lawyer" depending on jurisdiction. Browsing by role compares jurists who did the same kind of legal work.

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Defining Characteristic

A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; depending on jurisdiction, the term can refer to a legal scholar, a judge, or a lawyer. 1

Role

Ancient Roman jurist and writer

Athenian lawgiver (thesmothete)

Byzantine jurist of Armenian descent

Byzantine official

Byzantine official, diplomat, historian and lawyer

Celebrated lawgiver of Catania in Sicily

Celebrated Roman annalist, jurist, and provincial official

Distinguished jurist of ancient Rome

Fifth-century Roman jurist

Graeco-Roman jurist

Graeco-Roman jurist of the 5th century AD

Jurist

Jurist and imperial advisor

Jurist and judge

Jurist of Ancient Rome

Jurist of ancient Rome, of the Aufidia gens

Jurist of the Aquillia gens of ancient Rome

Jurist of the Juventia gens of ancient Rome

Jurist of the late Byzantine Empire

Jurist of the Lucilia gens of ancient Rome

Jurist of the Orbia gens of ancient Rome

Jurist, public official, and politician

Jurist, translator from Latin to Greek, and teacher

Legendary lawgiver of Sparta

Legislator and Politician

Philosopher and politician

Politician

Professor of Roman law at Berytus

Renowned jurist of ancient Rome

Roman aedile

Roman consul of 539, patrician and jurist

Roman didactic poet

Roman Equestrian and member of the gens Ulpia

Roman jurisconsult of uncertain date

Roman jurist

Roman jurist and knight

Roman jurist and politician

Roman jurist and politician from the first century CE

Roman jurist and writer of the 1st century BC

Roman jurist of Equestrian rank

Roman jurist of the equestrian order

Roman jurist of the second century

Roman knight

Roman orator and jurist

Roman politician

Roman politician, soldier, orator, and historian

Roman Republican orator and distinguished jurist

Roman senator

Roman senator and leading jurist

Royal judge of the Persian empire under Cambyses II

Statesman and writer from the Roman Republic

Statesman during the late Spring and Autumn period

Statesman, lawmaker and poet

Sumerian king