A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage. In most of Continental Europe any person who possesses a degree in law and works professionally with the law is referred to with a word resembling jurist (e.g., Jurist, juriste, jurista, juristi, jurists etc.).
There is no alternative word for "jurist" in English-speaking countries outside the U.S. and Canada. Members of the general public are largely unaware of the term and are likely to confuse it with "juror".[citation needed] Although the word "jurist" can technically be applied to anyone having a thorough knowledge of law, American and Canadian lawyers usually use the word only to refer to a judge. The term "legal professional" may be used for convenience. Within the legal community usage of "jurist" is usually restricted to eminent judges or academics. Apart from this people working in law are usually described as "lawyers" or solicitors if they are practicing law, or as belonging to a more specific branch of the legal profession, such as barrister or advocate, judge or law professor. Less qualified professionals may be referred to as paralegals or legal executives.
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Handsome, clever final year law student Koen avoids being beaten up by street thugs by claiming he's a maternal cousin of crime baron Henk de Koning. The next day, Henk praises Koen's wit and commandeers 'cousin's' help to retrieve the treasure presumably hidden by disloyal accomplice Sjon de Nooyer, who was released from jail to a retirement home, be volunteering as orderly, posinga s his distant relative. Dirty police detective Uitenhaage is after the same fortune, and leans independently on innocent Koen to spy on Sjon.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, blackmail, briefs, buried-treasure, cigar-cutter, dirty-cop, extortion, false-identity, pond, rest-home
I scratch your back, you scratch mine
Henk de Koning: En punt 3 is .9
Koen: Alstublieft. Melk? Suiker?::Henk de Koning: Ik doe alles zwart.
Revenge was his only answer.
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This is another re-enactment of the play about the trial in 1925 of a school teacher who dared to teach Darwinian theory in his classroom. He did this as a consequence of one of his student's request to know... The student was a lad named 'Stebbins', and the trial (dubbed the 'Monkey Trial') pitted the great attorney of the day, Clarence Darrow, against the often running presidential candidate, and famous orator, William Jennings Bryan.
Keywords: 1920s, based-on-play, based-on-true-story, bible-quote-as-title, civil-rights, clarence-darrow, courtroom, freedom-of-speech, reference-to-charles-darwin, religion
The Landmark Trial That Forever Changed A Nation.
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A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who is determined to discover the truth.
Keywords: argentina, brother-brother-relationship, conspiracy, corruption, death, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, flashback, greek-argentine, intrigue
Three siblings, one woman, one destiny
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A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Keywords: 1950s, 1970s, 555-phone-number, absurd-humor, actor-playing-multiple-roles, alarm, answering-machine, army, arrow-in-chest, astrology
This movie is totally out of control!
[Master Klahn decapitates a prisoner]::Klahn: Now take him to be tortured!
Argon Spokesman: Here at our multi-billion dollar refinery in Fairbanks, we're extracting 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil each day from teenagers' faces.
Pennington: This is Butkus, Klahn's bodyguard. He is tough and ruthless. This is Kwong, Klahn's chauffeur. He is rough and toothless.
[first lines]::Newscaster: The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in. Film at eleven.
[last lines]::Newscaster: I'm not wearing any pants. Film at eleven.
Newscaster: Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven.
The Nurse: Leave her... come back to Montana with me.::The Architect: I could no sooner run away from her than myself.::The Nurse: I'm not asking you to run, I'm asking you to face reality!::The Architect: Whose reality, yours or mine?::The Nurse: My reality AND yours, that's whose!::The Architect: What are you saying?::The Nurse: Leave her! Come back to Montana with me!::The Architect: I could no more run away from her than I could run away from myself!::The Nurse: I'm not asking you to run, I'm asking you to face reality!::The Architect: Whose reality, yours or mine?::The Nurse: MY reality AND yours, that's whose!::The Architect: What are you saying?
Narrator: Never before has the beauty of the sexual act been so crassly exploited!
[a woman is worried about the smell of her home as guests arrive]::1st guest: Fish for dinner last night?::2nd guest: Phewww... Harvey still smoking those cigars?::3rd guest: CHRIST! Did a cow shit in here?
Narrator: Brutal! Savage! Beyond Perversion!
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When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see. Can he get out of trouble before too many people think he's crazy?
Keywords: accountant, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, courtroom, george-washington, patriotism, thomas-jefferson
Gen. Andrew Jackson: You've been trying to keep an honest accounting of city money. You've been dealing with politicians. You've been standing up for your own rights. Haven't you? Naturally, you landed in jail.
Plot
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see. Can he get out of trouble before too many people think he's crazy?
Keywords: accountant, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, courtroom, george-washington, patriotism, thomas-jefferson
Gen. Andrew Jackson: You've been trying to keep an honest accounting of city money. You've been dealing with politicians. You've been standing up for your own rights. Haven't you? Naturally, you landed in jail.