Origins Of Ten Common Professions

Here are some top professions most people never knew their origin. 1. LAWYERLegal systems are almost as old as human civilization, dating back beyond the famousCode of Hammurabi in the 18th century BC. However, an actual legal profession didn't emerge until much later. The sophists of Ancient Greece were a class of scholars who became arguably the first lawyers, but they were inhibited by laws requiring citizens to defend themselves in court. Eventually, citizens could ask someone to advocate on their behalf, but they were strictly prohibited from paying them for their services. Ancient Rome had similar restrictions, but Roman orators neatly circumvented them by quietly requesting 'voluntary gifts' from their clients, creating perhaps the first class of paid lawyer . Recognizing this fact, the late Roman Empire abandoned the restrictions and established a system of fees for legal representation.The Roman legal system survived Rome's collapse thanks to the Catholic Church, which established its own system of canon law. Civil legal experts reemerged in the 12th century, when a center for the study of Roman law was established at Bologna. In England, the legal system was established by a special society known as the Inns of Court, which trained apprentices to argue the law before the royal courts. From there, a system of solicitors and barristers developed, which endures to this day. Unlike the rest of Europe, the English legal system largely came about via precedent rather than through government legislation. The US, which Alexis de Tocqueville described as dominated by lawyers in the 19th century, adopted a more codified system, including a written constitution.
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