Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East›Era (Birth Decade)›By Decade›1940sBrowse By1940sFacts1940sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 11940sFilter Results29 entriesRoleAllChief Justice (8)Diplomat (1)Judge (16)Jurist (8)Lawyer (9)Politician (6)Legal SystemAllCivil Law (2)Israeli Law (1)Law of Algeria (1)Law of Benin (1)Law of Botswana (1)Law of Cameroon (2)Law of Egypt (2)Law of Ghana (3)Law of Jordan (1)Law of Kenya (4)Law of Lesotho (1)Law of Nigeria (3)Law of Tanzania (1)Law of Tunisia (1)Law of Uganda (1)Law of Zimbabwe (1)Mixed Systems (1)South African Law (2)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (2)Ancient and Customary Law (1)Constitutional Law (18)Criminal Law (4)Human Rights Law (2)International Law (2)Islamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) (1)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAlgeria (1)Benin (1)Botswana (1)Cameroon (2)Egypt (2)Ghana (3)Haiti (1)Israel (1)Jordan (1)Kenya (4)Lesotho (1)Mali (1)Mauritius (1)Nigeria (3)Sierra Leone (1)South Africa (2)Tanzania (1)Tunisia (1)Uganda (1)Zimbabwe (1)Court Served OnAllConstitutional Court of Algeria (1)Constitutional Court of Benin (1)Constitutional Court of Mali (1)Constitutional Court of South Africa (2)Court of Appeal of Kenya (1)Court of Appeal of Lesotho (1)Court of Appeal of Seychelles (1)International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1)Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt (2)Supreme Court of Cameroon (1)Supreme Court of Ghana (3)Supreme Court of Israel (1)Supreme Court of Kenya (2)Supreme Court of Mauritius (1)Supreme Court of Nigeria (2)Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (1)Supreme Court of Uganda (1)GenderAllFemale (11)Male (18)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 29Adly Mansour1940sAlexis Dipanda Mouelle1940sAloma Mariam Mukhtar1940sAriranga Pillay1940sBarnabas Samatta1940sBen Duala Ekoko1940sBenjamin Odoki1940sBernard Chunga1940sConceptia Ouinsou1940sDahiru Musdapher1940sDikgang Moseneke1940sDorit Beinisch1940sEffie Owuor1940sFaruk Imam Muhammad1940sGeorge Kingsley Acquah1940sGeorgina Wood1940sGodfrey Chidyausiku1940sHanafy El Gebaly1940sKalpana Rawal1940sLeïla Aslaoui1940sManassa Danioko1940sMaruping Dibotelo1940sMichael Ramodibedi1940sSophia Akuffo1940sTaghreed Hikmat1940sUmu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh1940sWilly Mutunga1940sYadh Ben Achour1940sZak Yacoob1940sSources1. Supreme court (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaIntroductionQuote, IntroductionIn most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.