Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East›Role›Chief JusticeBrowse ByChief JusticeFactsChief JusticeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 1Chief JusticeFilter Results49 entriesLegal SystemAllCivil Law (1)Common Law (1)Israeli Law (1)Law of Angola (1)Law of Botswana (2)Law of Egypt (2)Law of Ghana (4)Law of Kenya (7)Law of Liberia (1)Law of Namibia (1)Law of Nigeria (5)Law of Rwanda (1)Law of Tanzania (1)Law of Uganda (1)Law of Zimbabwe (2)Mixed Systems (6)South African Law (12)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (1)Civil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (1)Constitutional Law (35)Criminal Law (4)Family Law (1)Human Rights Law (2)International Law (1)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAngola (1)Botswana (2)Egypt (2)Ghana (4)Israel (1)Kenya (7)Liberia (1)Malawi (1)Namibia (1)Nigeria (5)Rwanda (1)Sierra Leone (1)South Africa (14)Tanzania (2)Uganda (1)Zambia (1)Zimbabwe (2)Court Served OnAllConstitutional Court of Angola (1)Constitutional Court of Benin (1)Constitutional Court of South Africa (5)Court of Appeal of Kenya (2)High Court of Botswana (1)High Court of South Africa (1)Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (1)Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt (2)Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa) (4)Supreme Court of Appeal of Malawi (1)Supreme Court of Ghana (4)Supreme Court of Israel (1)Supreme Court of Kenya (1)Supreme Court of Liberia (1)Supreme Court of Namibia (1)Supreme Court of Nigeria (5)Supreme Court of Rwanda (1)Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (1)Supreme Court of Uganda (1)Supreme Court of Zambia (1)Supreme Court of Zimbabwe (1)GenderAllFemale (10)Male (39)Era (Birth Decade)All1852 (1)1868 (1)1880 (1)1887 (1)1889 (1)1912 (1)1921 (1)1923 (2)1929 (1)1931 (1)1932 (1)1939 (1)1944 (1)1946 (1)1947 (3)1949 (2)1950 (1)1952 (2)1953 (1)1954 (1)1956 (1)1957 (1)1958 (3)1960 (1)1961 (1)1963 (2)1964 (2)1969 (1)1975 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 49Abdul Majid CockarChief JusticeAkinola AgudaChief JusticeAlbert van der Sandt CentlivresChief JusticeAloma Mariam MukhtarChief JusticeAnthony GubbayChief JusticeArthur ChaskalsonChief JusticeBernard ChungaChief JusticeBoulos FahmyChief JusticeCossi Dorothe SossaChief JusticeDikgang MosenekeChief JusticeDomitilla MukantaganzwaChief JusticeErnest Frederick WatermeyerChief JusticeFlavian ZeijaChief JusticeFrans Lourens Herman RumpffChief JusticeFred Kwasi ApalooChief JusticeGeorge Mcheche MasajuChief JusticeGodfrey ChidyausikuChief JusticeHenry Allan FaganChief JusticeIrene MambilimaChief JusticeJacob de VilliersChief JusticeJohn WesselsChief JusticeJohnson GicheruChief JusticeKalpana RawalChief JusticeKitili Maluki MwendwaChief JusticeKudirat Kekere-EkunChief JusticeKwasi Anin-YeboahChief JusticeLaurinda CardosoChief JusticeMandisa MayaChief JusticeMartha KoomeChief JusticeMaruping DiboteloChief JusticeMichael CorbettChief JusticeMogoeng MogoengChief JusticeMohamed Chande OthmanChief JusticeOlukayode AriwoolaChief JusticePaul Baffoe-BonnieChief JusticePeter ShivuteChief JusticePierre RabieChief JusticePius LangaChief JusticeRizine MzikamandaChief JusticeSaeed MarieChief JusticeSandile NgcoboChief JusticeSie-A-Nyene YuohChief JusticeSophia AkuffoChief JusticeTerence RannowaneChief JusticeUmu Hawa Tejan-JallohChief JusticeWalter OnnoghenChief JusticeWilliam Henry SolomonChief JusticeYitzhak AmitChief JusticeZacchaeus ChesoniChief JusticeSources1. 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.