Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East›Highest Office Held›JusticeBrowse ByJusticeFactsJusticeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 1JusticeFilter Results32 entriesRoleAllChief Justice (1)Diplomat (1)Judge (28)Jurist (5)Lawyer (5)Politician (1)Legal SystemAllLaw of Botswana (1)Law of Burundi (1)Law of Cameroon (1)Law of Egypt (1)Law of Ghana (1)Law of Jordan (1)Law of Kenya (3)Law of Liberia (1)Law of Nigeria (3)Law of Turkey (1)Law of Uganda (1)Law of Yemen (1)South African Law (16)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (2)Commercial and Business Law (3)Constitutional Law (13)Criminal Law (4)Human Rights Law (7)International Law (2)Islamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) (1)Labor and Employment Law (2)Nationality or JurisdictionAllBotswana (1)Burundi (1)Cameroon (1)Egypt (1)Ghana (1)Jordan (1)Kenya (3)Liberia (1)Nigeria (3)South Africa (16)Turkey (1)Uganda (1)Yemen (1)Court Served OnAllAfrican Court on Human and Peoples Rights (2)Constitutional Court of Burundi (1)Constitutional Court of South Africa (14)Court of Appeal of Kenya (1)Court of Cassation of Turkey (1)High Court of Botswana (1)High Court of South Africa (2)International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1)Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt (1)Supreme Court of Ghana (1)Supreme Court of Kenya (2)Supreme Court of Liberia (1)Supreme Court of Nigeria (2)GenderAllFemale (13)Male (19)Era (Birth Decade)All1895 (1)1906 (1)1931 (1)1932 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)1939 (2)1942 (1)1943 (1)1945 (1)1946 (1)1948 (1)1949 (1)1950 (2)1953 (1)1956 (2)1957 (3)1959 (2)1960 (2)1961 (1)1962 (1)1964 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 32Albie SachsJusticeBen Duala EkokoJusticeBess NkabindeJusticeDennis Dominic AdjeiJusticeDessaline HarrisJusticeDomitille BaranciraJusticeDunstan MlamboJusticeEdwin CameronJusticeEffie OwuorJusticeFaruk Imam MuhammadJusticeGeorge KanyeihambaJusticeJody KollapenJusticeJohann KrieglerJusticeJohn DidcottJusticeJohn Inyang OkoroJusticeKalpana RawalJusticeKate O'ReganJusticeLaurie AckermannJusticeLeatile DambeJusticeMbuyiseli MadlangaJusticeMelahat RuacanJusticeMohamed Khadhar IbrahimJusticeSabah al-AlwaniJusticeSisi KhampepeJusticeSteven MajiedtJusticeTaghreed HikmatJusticeTahani al-GebaliJusticeThembile SkweyiyaJusticeUwani Musa Abba-AjiJusticeYvonne MokgoroJusticeZak YacoobJusticeZukisa TshiqiJusticeSources1. 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.