Home›Common Law Founders and Commentators›Nationality or Jurisdiction›EnglishBrowse ByEnglishThis dimension groups jurists by nationality or the jurisdiction whose law they practiced. Wikipedia defines nationality as "the legal status of belonging to a particular nation." Browsing this way collects every jurist from a single country or jurisdiction.FactsEnglishSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedCommon law is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes. 1EnglishFilter Results52 entriesRoleAllBarrister (1)Barrister and judge (1)Cleric (1)Cleric and jurist (1)Historian of medieval England and jurist (1)Judge (4)Judge and administrator (1)Judge and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1)Judge and Chief Justice (1)Judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench (5)Judge and law professor (1)Judge and politician (3)Jurist and antiquarian (1)Jurist, and noted writer on law and its place in history (1)Landowner, politician and judge from Nottinghamshire (1)Lawyer (3)Lawyer and administrator (2)Lawyer and jurist (2)Lawyer and politician (1)Lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1329 (1)Lawyer, judge and Liberal politician (1)Lawyer, judge and politician (1)Lawyer, judge and Whig politician (1)Lawyer, judge, writer, and philosopher (1)Legal writer (1)Legal writer and serjeant-at-law (1)Medieval Chief Justiciar of England (1)Legal SystemAllCommon Law (7)English Law (42)Law of the United Kingdom (1)Field of LawAllAncient and Customary Law (1)Canon Law (3)Civil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (1)Common Law (8)Criminal Law (6)Human Rights Law (1)International Law (1)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (2)GenderAllFemale (2)Male (50)Court Served OnAllCentral Criminal Court (Old Bailey) (1)Court of King's Bench (England) (25)Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (1)King's Bench Division (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 52Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron DenningEnglishAnthony FitzherbertEnglishCharles Pratt, 1st Earl CamdenEnglishCharles VinerEnglishEdmund PlowdenEnglishEdward ChristianEnglishEdward JenksEnglishEdward Law, 1st Baron EllenboroughEnglishElizabeth LaneEnglishFrederic William MaitlandEnglishGeoffrey le ScropeEnglishHeneage Finch, 1st Earl of NottinghamEnglishHenry de BractonEnglishHenry John StephenEnglishHenry of BathEnglishHenry RolleEnglishHervey de StantonEnglishIgor Judge, Baron JudgeEnglishJames Fitzjames StephenEnglishJohn Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron ColeridgeEnglishJohn FineuxEnglishJohn FitzJamesEnglishJohn HodyEnglishJohn James ParkEnglishJohn JuynEnglishJohn KnyvetEnglishJohn MarkhamEnglishJoseph ChittyEnglishPhilip Yorke, 1st Earl of HardwickeEnglishRalph de HenghamEnglishRanulf de GlanvillEnglishRichard BurnEnglishRichard de WilloughbyEnglishRichard LysterEnglishRobert de MalberthorpEnglishRobert ParningEnglishRoger BrabazonEnglishRoger CholmeleyEnglishRose HeilbronEnglishSir Christopher WrayEnglishSir John HoltEnglishStephen de SegraveEnglishThomas BillingEnglishThomas Denman, 1st Baron DenmanEnglishThomas StarkieEnglishWalter CloptonEnglishWilliam CheyneEnglishWilliam de ShareshullEnglishWilliam de ThorpeEnglishWilliam Gascoigne (justice)EnglishWilliam HankfordEnglishWulfstan (died 1023)EnglishSources1. Common law (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaCommon law, lead section, jurist subcategory definition sentenceQuote, Common law, lead section, jurist subcategory definition sentenceCommon law is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.