The following lists are of prominent jurists, including judges, listed in alphabetical order by jurisdiction. See also list of lawyers. A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... A judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. ... In law, jurisdiction from the Latin jus, juris meaning law and dicere meaning to speak, is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted body or to a person to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility. ... This is a list of people primarily famous as lawyers, ordered within each category alphabetically by last name. ...

Antiquity

• Hammurabi
• Solomon
  • Ancient Greece:
    • Draco
    • Solon
  • Ancient Rome:
    • Marcus Tullius Cicero
    • Gaius
    • Herennius Modestinus
    • Aemilius Papinianus
    • Paulus
    • Paulus Catena
    • Tribonian
    • Domitius Ulpianus

This diorite head is believed to represent king ˤAmmurāpi Hammurabi (Akkadian, from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, The Kinsman is a Healer (ˤAmmu paternal kinsman + Rāpi healer); also transliterated Ammurapi, Hammurapi or Khammurabi) was the sixth king of Babylon. ... Artists depiction of Solomons court (Ingobertus, c. ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history lasting for close to a millennium, until the rise of Christianity. ... Look up Draconian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Solon Solon (Greek: Σόλων, ca. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... For other uses see Cicero (disambiguation) Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. ... Gaius was a celebrated Roman jurist. ... Herennius Modestinus was a celebrated Roman jurist, a student of Ulpian who flourished about 250. ... Papinian (Aemilius Papinianus) (died AD 212), was a Roman jurist, magister libellorum and afterwards praetorian prefect under Septimius Severus. ... The name Paulus is a nomen of ancient Rome, while also appearing as the cognomen for other Romans. ... Paulus was the name of an imperial notary, or senior civil servant, whose cruelty was infamous throughout the Roman and medieval world. ... Tribonian (c. ... Domitius Ulpianus, Anglicized as Ulpian, (died 228) was a Roman jurist of Tyrian ancestry. ...

Modern jurists by country

Argentina

• Luis Moreno Ocampo

Luis Moreno Ocampo is the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). ...

Australia

• Edmund Barton (judge)
• Garfield Barwick (judge)
• Gerard Brennan (judge)
• Julian Burnside (Queen's Counsel)
• William Deane (judge)
• Owen Dixon (judge)
• Dr H.V. Evatt (judge)
• Mary Gaudron (judge)
• Harry Gibbs (judge)
• Samuel Griffith (judge)
• H.B. Higgins (judge)
• Isaac Isaacs (judge)
• Michael Kirby (judge)
• Adrian Knox (judge)
• Anthony Mason (judge)
• Lionel Murphy (judge)
• Richard O'Connor (judge)
• Geoffrey Robertson (Queen's Counsel)
• Ninian Stephen (judge)
• Malcolm Turnbull (Queen's Counsel)
• Sir Ronald Wilson (judge)

See also List of Judges of the High Court of Australia Sir Edmund Barton (18 January 1849–7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... Sir Garfield Edward John Barwick, AK GCMG, PC (22 June 1903 - 14 July 1997) was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. ... Sir Gerard Brennan, was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 22 May 1928. ... Julian Burnside is a prominant Australian QC. Made famous for: Defending Alan Bond Interrogating John Laws and Alan Jones as counsel assisting the Australian Broadcasting Authoritys cash-for- comment inquiry Helping the Maritime Union of Australia defeat Patrick Stevedores in the High Court Defending Ok Tedi natives against BHP... Sir William Deane The Honourable Sir William Patrick Deane AC KBE (born 4 January 1931), Australian judge and 22nd Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Sir Owen Dixon, GCMG, KBE, PC (1886 - 1972), Australian judge and politician, was the sixth Chief Justice of Australia. ... Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt Dr Herbert Vere Evatt (April 30, 1894 - November 2, 1965), Australian jurist, politician and writer (generally known in his lifetime as Dr H.V. Evatt and popularly known as Doc) was born in Maitland, New South Wales, to a working-class family of Anglo... Mary Genevieve Gaudron (born 5 January 1943) was the first female judge of the High Court of Australia. ... The Right Honourable Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, GCMG, AC, KBE (February 7, 1917 - 25 June 2005) was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. ... Sir Samuel Griffith Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (June 21, 1845 - August 9, 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the principal author of the Constitution of Australia. ... Hon H.B. Higgins For the fictional character Henry Higgins see Pygmalion or My Fair Lady. ... Sir Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, KBE, PC (6 August 1855 - 12 February 1948) Australian judge and politician, was the ninth Governor-General of Australia, the first Jew, and the first Australian to occupy that post. ... This article is about Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby. ... Sir Adrian Knox PC KCMG (born 1863, died 1932), Australian judge, was the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1919 to 1930. ... Sir Anthony Mason KBE AC, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. ... Hon Lionel Murphy Lionel Keith Murphy (30 August 1922 - 21 October 1986), Australian politician, was Attorney-General in the Government of Gough Whitlam, and a Justice of the High Court of Australia. ... Richard Edward OConnor (1851 - 18 November 1912), Australian politician, was a member of the first federal ministry. ... Geoffrey Ronald Robertson QC (born September 30, 1946 in Sydney) is an Australian human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster. ... The Rt. ... Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in October 2004 for the Division of Wentworth, New South Wales, representing the Liberal Party. ... Sir Ronald Wilson Sir Ronald Wilson, AC , KBE , CMG , QC , LL.M , LL.B ( 23 August 1922- 15 July 2005) was born on 23 August 1922 . ... See also High Court of Australia, list of jurists. ...

Austria

• Ludwig Adamovich Sr., former president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
• Ludwig Adamovich Jr., former president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
• Walter Antoniolli, former president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
• Franz Bydlinski, leading late 20th-century theorist on the methods of private law
• Eugen Ehrlich, legal sociologist
• Walther Kastner, 20th century lawyer and law professor who shaped many reforms of Austrian corporate law
• Hans Kelsen, Constitutional theorist, draftsman of the Austrian constitution and creater of the Pure Theory of Law
• Karl Korinek, president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
• Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini, late 18th century jurist and proponent of natural law, writer of earlier drafts, including the West Galician Book of Laws leading up to the Austrian Civil Code of 1811
• Franz von Zeiller, draftsman of the final version of the Austrian Civil Code of 1811

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Eugen Ehrlich (1862 - 1922) was an Austrian legal scholar. ... Corporations law or corporate law is the law concerning the creation and regulation of corporations. ... Hans Kelsen Hans Kelsen (Prague, October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian -American jurist of Jewish descent. ... The Constitution of Austria or sterreichisches Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG) is one of the chartas governing political life in the Republic of Austria. ... Kelsens Pure theory of law is actually a misnomer. ... It has been suggested that Law of nature (precept) be merged into this article or section. ... The Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, enacted in 1811 after about 40 years of preparatory works. ... The Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, enacted in 1811 after about 40 years of preparatory works. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ...

Brunei

• Geoffrey Briggs
• Mohamed Saied

Canada

• Rosalie Abella
• Louise Arbour
• Denise Bellamy
• Louise Charron
• Brian Dickson
• John Gomery
• Peter Hogg
• Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
• Antonio Lamer
• Bora Laskin
• John McClung
• Beverley McLachlin, current (2000-) Chief Justice of Canada
• Roy McMurtry
• Louis-Philippe Pigeon
• F. R. Scott, also a poet (Francis Reginald Scott, or Frank Scott)
• Robert Taschereau
• Stephen Waddams

The Hon. ... Louise Arbour Louise Arbour (born February 10, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former Supreme Court of Canada judge. ... Denise Bellamy is a Canadian judge. ... The Honourable Madam Justice Louise Charron, B.A., LL.B., LL.D. The Honourable Justice Louise Charron, BA , LL.B , LL.D (born March 2, 1951 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian jurist. ... The Right Honourable Robert George Brian Dickson, PC , CC , CD , LL.B , LL.D (May 25, 1916 – October 17, 1998) was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. ... Justice John Gomery Justice John Howard Gomery, BCL , BA , QC (born August 9, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian jurist. ... Peter Wardell Hogg, C.C., Q.C., Ph. ... Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine. ... The Right Honourable Antonio Lamer, PC , CC , CD , LL.D , D.U., (born July 8, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada). ... The Right Honourable Bora Laskin, PC , CC , LL.M. , LL.B. , MA , FRSC (October 5, 1912 – March 17, 1984) was a Canadian jurist, who served on the Supreme Court of Canada for fourteen years, including a decade as its Chief Justice. ... Justice John W. Buzz McClung (July 15, 1935 — October 21, 2004) was an outspoken judge on the Alberta Court of Appeal. ... The Rt. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Right Hon. ... Roy McMurtry (right) accompanied by his wife, daughter, and a sample of his art work Roland (Roy) McMurtry is a judge and former politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Louis-Philippe Pigeon (February 8, 1905 – February 23, 1986) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. ... Francis Reginald Scott (Frank Scott, F.R. Scott) (August 1, 1899 - January 30, 1985) was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert. ... The Right Honourable Robert Taschereau, PC , CC (Quebec, 1896 – 1970) was a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and who briefly served as acting Governor General of Canada following the death of Georges Vanier in 1967. ...

Colombia

• Carolina Olarte Olarte

María Carolina Olarte is a young Colombian jurist whose intellectual work has introduced the Critical Legal Studies in Colombia and has helped shaped the aspects of class actions in the Colombian Law, which are a new area of study in that country, because these actions were only fully included...

Egypt

• Asser Harb

Asser Harb during an interview with the press Asser Harb was born on January 1, 1978 in Cairo and is currently serving as Egypts State Solicitor. ...

England

• Sir Francis Bacon
• Sir Redmond Barry
• Sir William Blackstone
• Lord Browne-Wilkinson
• Sir Edward Coke
• Lord Denning
• Albert Venn Dicey
• Sir Matthew Hale
• Lord Hutton
• Lord Goff of Chieveley
• Thomas More
• Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest
• William Pitt
• Lord Scarman
• Hartley Shawcross
• Lord Templeman
• Lord Woolf
• Lord Mansfield

See also Law Lords Sir Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans (January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. ... Sir William Blackstone, (July 10, 1723 – February 14, 1780) was an English jurist and professor who produced the historical treatise on the common law called Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published in four volumes over 1765–1769. ... Rt. ... Sir Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke (pronounced cook) (1 February 1552 - 3 September 1634) was an early English colonial entrepreneur and jurist whose writings on the English common law were the definitive legal texts for some 300 years. ... Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron Denning (23 January 1899–6 March 1999) was a British barrister from Hampshire who became Master of the Rolls (the senior civil judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales) and was generally well liked, both within the legal profession and outside it. ... Albert Venn Dicey (February 4, 1835 – April 7, 1922) was a British jurist and constitutional theorist who wrote An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885). ... Sir Matthew Hale (1609—1676), Lord Chief Justice of England, was born on the 1st of November 1609 at Alderley in Gloucestershire, where his father, a retired barrister, had a small estate. ... Lord Hutton James Brian Edward Hutton, Baron Hutton, PC (born 29 June 1932), is a former British Law Lord. ... The Right Hon. ... For the Elizabethan play, see Sir Thomas More (play). ... William Pitt could refer to: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766-1768; often known as William Pitt the Elder William Pitt the Younger; his son; Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801) and (1804-1806) William Pitt, Comptroller of the Household to King James... Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman, PC (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was a Law Lord (retired) and a cross bench member of the British House of Lords. ... Hartley Shawcross, Attorney-General of England and Wales 1945-51 The Right Honourable Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, PC, GBE KC (February 4, 1902–July 10, 2003), was a British barrister and politician and the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal. ... The Right Hon. ... Henry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC (born May 2, 1933), is the current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, making him the second most senior judge in England and Wales after the Lord Chancellor. ... William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (March 2, 1705 - March 20, 1793), was a British judge and politician who reached high office in the House of Lords. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ...

France

• Jean-Louis Bruguière, investigative magistrate specialized on terrorism cases
• Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, main author of the Napoleonic Code
• Guy Canivet, first president of the Court of Cassation
• Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc, vice-president of the Conseil d'État
• Georges Gurvitch
• Claude Jorda
• Roger Le Loire
• Pierre Mazeaud, president of the Constitutional Council of France
• Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

Jean-Louis Bruguière is a French judge. ... Terrorism refers to a strategy of using violence, or threat of violence to generate fear, cause disruption, and ultimately, to bring about compliance with specific political, religious, ideological, and personal demands. ... Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma, (18 October 1753 - 8 March 1824), French lawyer and statesman, is best remembered as the author of the Code Napoléon, which still forms the basis of French law. ... First page of the 1804 original edition The original Napoleonic Code, or Code Napoléon (originally called the Code civil des français, or civil code of the French), was the French civil code, established at the behest of Napoléon I. It entered into force on March 21, 1804. ... Guy Canivet in full judicial dress. ... The Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation in French) is the main court of last resort in France. ... Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc (born September 24, 1938) is a French lawyer. ... In France, the Conseil dÉtat (English: Council of State and sometimes Counsel of State) is an organ of the French national government. ... Georges Gurvitch (or Jorge Gurvitch, born Georgij Davydovič Gurvič, November 11, 1894, Novorossiysk - December 12, 1965, Paris) was the Russian born French sociologist, jurist. ... Pierre Mazeaud Pierre Mazeaud (born August 24, 1929 in Lyon) is a French jurist, politician and alpinist. ... A republican guard giving directions to visitors at the front entrance of the Constitutional Council The Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. ... Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (April 1, 1746 - August 25, 1807), was a French jurist and politician in time of the French Revolution and the First Empire. ...

Germany

• Siegfried Bross
• Friedrich Heck, representative of sociological jurisprudence (Interessenjurisprudenz)
• Roman Herzog, President of the German Constitutional Court and later President of Germany
• Rudolf von Jhering, founder of sociological jurisprudence (Interessenjurisprudenz)
• Hermann Kantorowicz, proponent of the Free Law School (Freirechtslehre)
• Karl Larenz, leading 20th century theorist of the theory of private law (Wertungsjurisprudenz or Jurisprudence of Values)
• Carl Friedrich von Savigny, 19th century legal scholar of the historical school
• Carl Schmitt, legal theorist
• Bernhard Windscheid, leading drafter of the BGB
• Robert Alexy

Prof. ... The Federal Constitutional Court (in German: Bundesverfassungsgericht) is a special court established by the German constitution, the Grundgesetz (Basic Law). ... The President of Germany (German: Bundespräsident) is Germanys head of state. ... Rudolf von Jhering (also Ihering) (22 August 1818 - 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. ... Hermann Kantorowicz (November 18, 1877, Posen, Prussian Poland - February 12, 1940, Cambridge) was a German jurist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt (July 11, 1888 - April 7, 1985) was a German legal theoretician and political scientist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB) was the civil code of the German Empire and continues to act as the central law for german civil law. ... Robert Alexy (born September 9, 1945 in Oldenburg, Germany) is a jurist and a philosopher. ...

Hong Kong

• Kemal Bokhary (judge)
• Charles Ching (judge)
• Andrew Li (judge)
• Henry Litton (judge)

Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary (b. ... Charles Ching (沈澄, 1935 - 2000) was a judge in Hong Kong. ... The Hon Andrew Li Kwok-nang, CBE, DLitt (Hon. ... Henry Litton OBE, GBM (b. ...

India

• Manu
• Flavia Agnes
• Upendra Baxi
• Justice Gajendragatkar
• Justice V.R Krishna Iyer
• Ram Jethmalani
• N.R Madhava Menon
• Nani Palkivalah
• S.P Sathe
• Chanakya
• Justice P.N Bhagwati
• Abhay Thipse (Special Judge, MCOC Court)

Manu has several meanings: *Manu in Indo-European mythology was the first man, hero and first Holy King to rule this earth, see Manu (Hinduism), Germanic Mannus, Mannaz. ... Ram Jethmalani (born September 14, 1923) is an Indian politician. ... Allegiance: Magadhan Empire Rank: Prime Minister Place of birth: Pataliputra, India Chanakya (c. ...

Iran

• Mohammad Ali-Saffari
• Sadeq Khalkhali
• Shirin Ebadi

Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali (صادق خلخالی in Persian) (1927? - November 26, 2003) was a hardline Shia cleric of the early years of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Catherine Zeta Jones congratulating Shirin Ebadi at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, December 11 2003. ...

Ireland

• William Binchy (Professor)
• James Casey (Professor)
• John M. Kelly
• Ronan Keane (former Chief Justice)
• John L. Murray (Chief Justice)
• Adrian Hardiman (Judge of the Supreme Court)
• Susan Denham (Judge of the Supreme Court)
• Patrick McAntee (Senior Counsel)
• Dermot Gleeson (Senior Counsel)
• Finbarr McAuley (Professor)
• Gerard Hogan (Senior Counsel, Lecturer in Trinity College, co-author of J.M. Kelly: The Irish Constitution)
• Seamus Henchy (former Judge of the Supreme Court)
• Hugh Kennedy (former Chief Justice and Attorney General)
• Brian Walsh (former Judge of the Supreme Court)
• Thomas O'Higgins (former Chief Justice)
• Mary Robinson (former Barrister, Professor and later President of Ireland)
• Cearbhall O'Dalaigh (former Chief Justice)
• Thomas Finlay (former Chief Justice)
• Gerard Whyte (Professor in Trinity College, co-author of J.M. Kelly: The Irish Constitution)

William Binchy is Regius Professor of Law at Trinity College, Dublin Law School, Ireland, where he is widely loved by students due to his kind and affable nature. ... John Kelly or Jack Kelly is the name of: John Kelly of Killanne (died 1798), leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Wexford John Kelly (U.S. politician) (1822–1886), politician in Tammany Hall, U.S. Representative from New York (1855–1858) Sir John Kelly (1871–1936), British Admiral... -1... Dermot Gleeson is a BBC Governor appointed in November 2000 and re-appointed for a further four years in July 2004. ... Hugh Kennedy (1879-1934) was the first Attorney-General of the Republic of Ireland. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Mary Robinson (Irish name Máire Mhic Róibín; born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. ... Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (12 February 1911 – 21 March 1978) (pronounced karol o dawl-ie. In English his name translated as Carroll ODaly, but he was invariably called by his Irish name in both Irish and English. ...

Lebanon

• Mohammad Mughrabi

The Netherlands

• Hugo Grotius, laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law.

Hugo Grotius Hugo Grotius (Huig de Groot, or Hugo de Groot; Delft, 10th April 1583 - Rostock, 28th August 1645) worked as a jurist in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) and laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law. ...

Scotland

• Lord Cullen of Whitekirk, Lord President of the Court of Session of Scotland
• Lord Brian Gill, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland
• Lord Donald MacArthur Ross
• Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
• Colin Boyd, Lord Advocate

William Douglas Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, PC (born 18 November 1935), is a cross bench member of the House of Lords. ... The Lord Justice General of Scotland is head of the High Court of Justiciary, Lord President of the Court of Session and head of the judiciary in Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Brian Gill, Lord Gill, is Scotlands second most senior judge. ... The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior Judge in Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Donald MacArthur Ross, Lord Ross, PC, FRSE was born in Dundee and educated at the High School of Dundee and Edinburgh University. ... Alan Ferguson Rodger, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, (b. ... Colin David Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby QC (born 7 June 1953) was appointed Lord Advocate for Scotland on February 24, 2000. ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ...

Soviet Union & Russian Federation

• Major-General Iola Nikitchenko

The Nuremberg judges, left to right: John Parker, Francis Biddle, Alexander Volchkov, Iona Nikitchenko, Geoffrey Lawrence, Norman Birkett Major-General Iona Timofeevich Nikitchenko (Russian: Иона Тимофеевич Никитченко) (1895 - April 22, 1967) was a judge of the Soviet Union. ...

Spain

• Baltasar Garzón

Baltasar Garzón Real (born October 26, 1955 in Torres, Jaén, Spain) is a prominent judge (investigating magistrate) of Spain. ...

Sri Lanka

• Radhika Coomarawsamy
• Rohan Edrisinghe
• Mark Fernando
• Savitri Goonasekere
• Neelan Tiruchelvam
• Deepika Udagama

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dr. Deepika Udagama is the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. ...

Switzerland

• Eugen Huber, University of Berne, drafter of the Zivilgesetzbuch, the Swiss Civil Code.
• Jörg Paul Müller, prominent human rights theorist
• Walter Kälin [1]

Eugen Huber Eugen Huber (b. ... University of Berne The University of Berne is a university in the Swiss capital of Berne. ... The Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB) is the Swiss civil code. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

United States

• Roy Bean (1825 – 1903), judge, Pecos County, Texas
• William Brennan (1906 – 1997), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Louis Brandeis (1856 – 1941), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Warren E. Burger (1907 – 1995), Chief Justice of the United States
• Mike Cicconetti (1951), judge, Lake County, Ohio
• Felix Frankfurter (1882 – 1965), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Jim Garrison (1921 – 1992), New Orleans District Attorney
• Henry Friendly (1903 – 1986), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Learned Hand (1872 – 1961), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 – 1935), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• John Marshall Harlan (1833 – 1911), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Lance Ito (1950), judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
• John Jay (1745 – 1829), Chief Justice of the United States
• Alex Kozinski (1950), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Mills Lane (1936), judge, Marine, Boxing Referee
• Hans A. Linde (1924), justice, Oregon Supreme Court
• John Marshall (1755 – 1835), Chief Justice of the United States
• Thurgood Marshall (1908 – 1993), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Richard Posner (1939), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Joseph Story (1779 – 1845), Chief Justice of the United States
• Roger J. Traynor (1900 – 1983), Chief Justice, Supreme Court of California
• Earl Warren (1891 – 1974), Chief Justice of the United States
• John Minor Wisdom (1905 – 1999), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See also: Past Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Phantly Roy Bean (c. ... Pecos County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 660 miles (1,065 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... William Joseph Brennan (April 25, 1906 - July 24, 1997) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... Louis D. Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis (November 13, 1856 – October 3, 1941) was an important American litigator, Supreme Court Justice, advocate of privacy, and developer of the Brandeis Brief. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Mike Cicconetti (1951) is a judge in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. ... Lake County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... Justice Frankfurter Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... Earling Carothers Garrison (November 20, 1921 - October 21, 1992) -- who changed his first name to simply Jim in the early 60s -- was District Attorney of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973; he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ... Henry Jacob Friendly (July 3, 1903 in Elmira, New York - 1986) served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on active service from 1959 through 1974 and in senior status from 1974 to 1986. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Connecticut Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York District of Vermont The Second Circuit hears argument at the Thurgood Marshall U... Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15, 1933) is a United States Supreme Court Justice. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... Billings Learned Hand (January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) — usually called just Learned Hand — was a famed American judge and an avid supporter of free speech, though he is most remembered for applying economic reasoning to American tort law. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Connecticut Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York District of Vermont The Second Circuit hears argument at the Thurgood Marshall U... Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911) was an American Supreme Court associate justice. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... 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Judge Alex Kozinski Judge Alex Kozinski (born July 23, 1950) is a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a popular essayist. ... The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Alaska District of Arizona Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California District of Hawaii District of Idaho District of Montana District of... Mills Lane (born November 12, 1936) is a famous judge, boxing referee and Celebrity Deathmatch character. ... Hans Arthur Linde, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Williamette University College of Law, is a retired justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and former professor at the University of Oregon Law School and other universities. ... The Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the Oregon judicial department (branch of government). ... John Marshall (September 24, 1755–July 6, 1835) was an American statesman and jurist who more than anyone shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... Judge Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939, New York City) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts: Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of Illinois Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin The court is based at the Dirksen... American jurist Joseph Story Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 - September 10, 1845), American jurist, was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts. ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Roger John Traynor (February 12, 1900 – May 14, 1983) served as the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1964 to 1970, and as an Associate Justice from 1940 to 1964. ... Justices of the Supreme Court of California (circa May 2005). ... 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In order to become a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, an individual must be nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the U.S. Senate, with at least half of that body approving in the affirmative. ...

International Courts at the Hague

• Bruno Simma
• Claude Jorda
• Rosalyn Higgins
• Luis Moreno Ocampo
• Carla del Ponte

See also International Criminal Court Bruno Simma (born March 29, 1941), German jurist, is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justice, having been appointed to that post in 2003. ... Rosalyn Higgins, Baroness Higgins, DBE, QC (b. ... Luis Moreno Ocampo is the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). ... Procureur (Prosecutor) of the ICTY Carla del Ponte Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947 in Lugano, Switzerland) is currently a Chief UN War Crimes Prosecutor. ... Official logo of the ICC. The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. ...