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John L. Murray

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe

John L. Murray (1943-2023) was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011. Born in Limerick and educated at University College Dublin and King's Inns, he qualified as a barrister in 1967 and built a commercial, civil and constitutional law practice before serving twice as Attorney General of Ireland, in 1982 and from 1987 to 1991, then as a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and a Supreme Court judge from 1999 to 2015. He later served as Chancellor of the University of Limerick from 2013, and died in 2023.

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    John Loyola Murray was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2015, a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and as Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.
  • Introduction, role
    John Loyola Murray was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2015, a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and as Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.
  • Introduction, nationality
    John Loyola Murray was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1999 to 2015, a judge of the European Court of Justice from 1992 to 1999 and as Attorney General of Ireland from August 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1991.
  • In Legal System: Irish Law, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was an Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ir
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  • Wikidata Q1572237 self-citation (QID resolved for a previously unsourced jurist)
    P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (John L. Murray)
  • Member Of: Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Wikipedia category: European Court of Justice judges
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