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Detail from the sarcophagus of Roman jurist Valerius Petronianus (315–320). A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. [1] [2] 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.
Derek William Bentley (30 June 1933 – 28 January 1953) was a British man who was hanged for the murder of a policeman during a burglary.Christopher Craig, then aged 16, a friend and accomplice of Bentley, was accused of the murder.
Château de la Brède, Montesquieu's birthplace. Montesquieu was born at the Château de la Brède in southwest France, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Bordeaux. [4] His father, Jacques de Secondat (1654–1713), was a soldier with a long noble ancestry, including descent from Richard de la Pole, Yorkist claimant to the English crown.