Litigation lawyer refers to a person who specialized in legal service activities such as litigation agency and defense in ancient times. They usually have legal knowledge and language ability, and can provide legal advice, draft a complaint, defend in court and other services for the parties. In ancient society, litigation lawyers played an important role and provided professional help for people to solve legal disputes. The appellation of litigation lawyers may be slightly different in different historical periods, but generally speaking, they are all people whose main occupation is to provide legal services.
With the development of society and the improvement of legal system, the role of litigation lawyer is gradually replaced by modern lawyers. It is worth noting that ancient litigators are not lawyers in the modern sense, and their duties and status are different from those of modern lawyers. However, as a representative of ancient legal profession, litigants have certain historical value for understanding the legal system and judicial practice of ancient society.
Introduction to the history of ancient lawyers;
The history of ancient lawyers can be traced back to ancient civilizations, and there have been legal professionals similar to modern lawyers in all civilizations. In China, the history of litigators can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, there were already "legal officers" who made a living from legal services. With the unification of the whole country by the Qin Dynasty, legalist thought became the mainstream, legal and litigation activities became increasingly frequent, and the litigation lawyer profession was further developed.
In ancient society, the main duties of litigation lawyers were to provide legal advice, draft complaints, defend in court and other services for the parties. They usually have certain legal knowledge and language expression ability, and they are indispensable roles in society at that time. Due to the technical and institutional limitations of ancient society, the power of litigation lawyers is also limited. For example, in some periods, they cannot directly participate in the trial process.