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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

Natural law is a philosophical and legal theory that posits the existence of inherent laws derived from nature and universal moral principles that are discoverable through reason. 1

Role

Academic and lawyer

Academic, currently

Academic, diplomat and statesman

American jurist

American legal scholar

And British international human rights lawyer

And Soviet jurist

Barrister and academic, specialising in international law

Barrister and leading authority in international law

-born British jurist

-born British legal scholar

Catholic philosopher and theologian

Diplomat and jurist

Diplomat and professor of international law

Diplomat in the early 20th century

Diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer

Franciscan theologian and jurist

Genevan legal and political theorist

International law scholar and human rights practitioner

International lawyer and an expert in State Immunity

International lawyer and former diplomat

International lawyer, writer, and activist

Jewish lawyer

Judge and a Member of Parliament from 1621 to 1624

Judge and politician

Judge of the High Court of Admiralty (appointed 1641)

Jurist

Jurist and academic

Jurist and Barrister

Jurist and diplomat

Jurist and judge

Jurist and lawyer

Jurist and legal philosopher

Jurist and natural law theorist

Jurist and political philosopher

Jurist and politician

Jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia

Jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian

Lawyer

Lawyer and international law scholar

Lawyer and jurist

Lawyer and legal scholar

Lawyer and political scientist, and author

Lawyer and scholar of international law

Lawyer and scholar, best remembered as a pioneer of air law

Lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman

Legal Scholar

Legal scholar and academic

Legal scholar specialized in international law and U.S

Legal scholar, diplomat

Military judge in the Habsburg Netherlands

Philosopher

Philosopher, diplomat and jurist

Philosopher, theologian and jurist

Politician and diplomat

Professor of international law

Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat

Professor of law

Scholar and professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University

Scholar of international law

Soldier and jurist

Soviet jurist and criminologist

-Swiss jurist with a focus on public international law

Theologian and jurist

United Nations diplomat and international legal scholar