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I concur with the proposed deletion of this article, but thought it might be worth giving some reasons. This stub article claims to be part of Roman history, but everything said about Roman history is utterly bogus:
PraeLegal (combination of words PRAE and LEGAL) refers to second period of the Roman era. After praetor lost his power and Rome became a republic, the senate tried to bring on new changes based on ancient-logical laws of Rome and Greece.
The explanation for the term fails to explain it; and although it purports to be Latin, "legal" is English (though derived from Latin). This "second period" of the "Roman era" refers to the Roman Republic itself, but it had nothing to do with someone called "praetor" losing his power—the Republic is traditionally defined as the period following the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud, the last Roman king. "Praetor" was probably the original title of the consuls, who became the chief executives of the Republic, although the office probably existed under the kings, and was later bestowed on magistrates who were subordinate to the consuls. The rest of this sentence is gibberish: it doesn't make any sense or refer to any particular event from Roman history.
This sentence was added by the article's original author shortly after the rest, which suggests an advertisement for some group or alliance of law firms presumably meant to be engaged in international law. The absurd claim to derive its origin from Roman history looks like cover for this inept self-promotion. But this article has nothing to do with WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, and is not about legal terminology.
Someone attempted to add several paragraphs about the alleged organization in 2020, and was reverted twice. If such an organization exists, no sources were cited to attest it. While I'm normally a strong advocate of WP:BEFORE, Wikipedia is not a place to advertise businesses, and at a bare minimum an article about a law firm or organization of law firms would need to show some evidence of notability, which neither the vague and jargony description here nor the longer, equally vague, and boastful claims that the organization served 142 countries, previously reverted, provides anything to lead the reader to believe that the organization is real. P Aculeius (talk) 12:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
