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Legal scholar or academic, a professional who studies, teaches and develops law
Not to be confused with
Juror
, a member of a jury.
A
jurist
is a person with expert knowledge of
law
; someone who analyzes and comments on law.
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This person is usually a specialist
legal scholar
, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a
law degree
) and often a
legal practitioner
.
In the United Kingdom the term "jurist" is mostly used for legal academics, while in the United States the term may also be applied to a judge.
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With reference to
Roman law
, a "jurist" (in English) is a jurisconsult (
iurisconsultus
).
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The English term
jurist
is to be distinguished from similar terms in other European languages, where it may be synonymous with
legal professional
, meaning anyone with a professional law degree that qualifies for admission to the legal profession, including such positions as judge or attorney. In
Germany
,
Scandinavia
and a number of other countries
jurist
denotes someone with a professional law degree, and it may be a protected title, for example
in Norway
. Thus the term can be applied to attorneys, judges and academics, provided that they hold a qualifying professional law degree.
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In Germany ? the term "full jurist" is sometimes used informally to denote someone who has completed the two state examinations in law that qualify for practising law, to distinguish from someone who may have only the first state examination or some other form of legal qualification that does not qualify for practising law.
Notable jurists
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Some notable historical jurists include:
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External links
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- Media related to
Jurists
at Wikimedia Commons