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Lawyers for Early Christian Martyrs

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On the role of lawyers appointed to advise/defend Christian martyrs cf. http://www.scribd.com/doc/31050848/Lawyers. Pamour (talk) 11:19, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Judge

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Surely judge is a much older branch of legal profession than lawyer? Littledogboy (talk) 13:59, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Globalize

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The article only addresses Western law, and makes the following suspicious claim:

The legal profession has its origins in ancient Greece and Rome.

Even if that's true (and I don't know), the article does no favor to this claim by ignoring the history of law outside of Europe. Finsternish (talk) 11:56, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, the world's first lawyer is Deng Xi, who lived in CHina during the 6th century BCE. 74.108.36.43 (talk) 00:48, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]