Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East›Role›JuristBrowse ByJuristFactsJuristSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 1JuristFilter Results38 entriesLegal SystemAllCivil Law (3)Israeli Law (3)Law of Burundi (2)Law of Cameroon (1)Law of Eswatini (1)Law of Ethiopia (1)Law of Ghana (2)Law of Jordan (1)Law of Kenya (1)Law of Lesotho (1)Law of Liberia (3)Law of Nigeria (6)Law of Sudan (1)Law of Syria (2)Law of Uganda (1)Law of Zimbabwe (1)Mixed Systems (1)South African Law (6)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (1)Ancient and Customary Law (1)Civil / Private Law (2)Commercial and Business Law (1)Constitutional Law (17)Criminal Law (4)Human Rights Law (6)International Law (2)Islamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllBurundi (2)Cameroon (1)Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)Eswatini (1)Ethiopia (1)Ghana (2)Israel (3)Jordan (1)Kenya (1)Lesotho (1)Liberia (3)Mali (1)Niger (1)Nigeria (6)South Africa (6)South Sudan (1)Syria (2)Uganda (1)Zambia (1)Zimbabwe (1)Court Served OnAllAfrican Court on Human and Peoples Rights (1)Constitutional Court of Burundi (1)Constitutional Court of Mali (1)Constitutional Court of Niger (1)Constitutional Court of South Africa (5)Court of Appeal of Botswana (1)Court of Appeal of Lesotho (2)Court of Appeal of Seychelles (1)Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia (1)International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (1)South Sudan Supreme Court (1)Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria (2)Supreme Court of Burundi (1)Supreme Court of Cameroon (1)Supreme Court of Eswatini (1)Supreme Court of Ghana (2)Supreme Court of Israel (3)Supreme Court of Justice of Zaire (2)Supreme Court of Kenya (1)Supreme Court of Liberia (3)Supreme Court of Nigeria (6)Supreme Court of Uganda (1)Supreme Court of Zambia (1)GenderAllFemale (11)Male (27)Era (Birth Decade)All1895 (1)1904 (1)1918 (1)1923 (1)1925 (1)1928 (1)1930 (1)1931 (1)1933 (1)1935 (1)1938 (1)1942 (3)1943 (1)1944 (1)1945 (2)1947 (1)1950 (2)1951 (1)1952 (1)1953 (3)1954 (1)1956 (1)1958 (1)1960 (1)1964 (4)1981 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 38Abdoulaye Diori Kadidiatou LyJuristAkinola AgudaJuristAlbie SachsJuristAlexis Dipanda MouelleJuristAloma Mariam MukhtarJuristAngie BrooksJuristBenjamin OdokiJuristBheki MaphalalaJuristChan Reec MadutJuristDahiru MusdapherJuristDavid MaragaJuristDennis Dominic AdjeiJuristDessaline HarrisJuristDikgang MosenekeJuristDomitille BaranciraJuristDorit BeinischJuristElizabeth GwaunzaJuristEsther HayutJuristIhsan BarakatJuristIsmail MahomedJuristIssam al-KhalifJuristJoseph BukeraJuristManassa DaniokoJuristMarcel LihauJuristMeaza AshenafiJuristMeir ShamgarJuristMichael RamodibediJuristMohammad Jihad al-LahamJuristMumba MalilaJuristNewton Ogilvie ThompsonJuristNicolas Bayona Ba MeyaJuristOlukayode AriwoolaJuristRaymond ZondoJuristSamuel Azu CrabbeJuristSie-A-Nyene YuohJuristTanko MuhammadJuristWalter OnnoghenJuristYvonne MokgoroJuristSources1. 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.