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Role

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

Common law is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes. 1

Role

African-American lawyer

Attorney General of New York

Barrister

Barrister and judge

Barrister and lawyer

Barrister, politician and judge

Cleric

Cleric and jurist

Community leader in Tennessee and Justice of the Peace

Conservative politician

Criminal defence lawyer

Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge

Former senior judge

Historian of medieval England and jurist

Judge

Judge and administrator

Judge and barrister

Judge and Chancellor of the Exchequer

Judge and Chief Justice

Judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench

Judge and law professor

Judge and politician

Judge, legal scholar

Judge, legal scholar, member of Parliament

Jurist

Jurist and antiquarian

Jurist and legal scholar

Jurist and life peer

Jurist and politician

Jurist based in Massachusetts

Jurist, and noted writer on law and its place in history

Jurist, barrister, writer and philanthropist

Landowner, politician and judge from Nottinghamshire

Lawyer

Lawyer and academic

Lawyer and administrator

Lawyer and Barrister

Lawyer and judge

Lawyer and jurist

Lawyer and law reformer

Lawyer and legal scholar

Lawyer and politician

Lawyer and politician (Chief Minister of Gibraltar)

Lawyer and social activist

Lawyer and statesman

Lawyer and Whig politician

Lawyer and women's rights activist

Lawyer, academic and human rights activist

Lawyer, administrator and social critic

Lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1329

Lawyer, judge and Conservative politician

Lawyer, judge and Liberal politician

Lawyer, judge and politician

Lawyer, judge and Whig politician

Lawyer, judge and women's rights activist

Lawyer, judge, writer, and philosopher

Lawyer, politician, educator, and author

Lawyer, social reformer and writer

Lawyer, writer, and law professor

Legal Scholar and Jurist

Legal scholar, constitutional theorist

Legal scholar, public servant and judge in New Zealand

Legal writer

Legal writer and serjeant-at-law

Liberal politician and judge

Liberal politician, lawyer and man of letters

Life peer and retired barrister and judge

Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench

Malawi-born lawyer and human and civil rights activist

Medieval Chief Justiciar of England

Medieval judge, administrator and bishop

Medieval Scottish lawyer

New Zealand Armed Constabulary officer and magistrate

Noted Indian feminist, social worker, educator and lawyer

Politician and barrister

Politician and judge

Politician and judge in the United Kingdom

Publisher and political activist

Retired jurist from Pakistan

Scottish barrister and politician