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Role

This dimension sorts jurists by the specific role they held, a judge, a legal scholar or a practicing lawyer. Wikipedia notes that the term jurist "can refer to a legal scholar, a judge, or a lawyer" depending on jurisdiction. Browsing by role compares jurists who did the same kind of legal work.

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A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 1

Role

12th Chief Justice of New Zealand

20th Chief Justice of Pakistan

21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh

3rd Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong

43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka

Barrister

Barrister and jurist

Barrister, eventually

Bengali jurist and an academic

Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic

Chief Justice

Chief Justice of Australia

Chief Justice of Fiji

Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea

Chief Justice of Samoa

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia

Chief Justice of the Maldives

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Cleric

Distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist

Former Chief Justice of India

Former Indian judge and journalist

Former judge

Former judge and barrister

Former judge of the Supreme Court of India

Former judge of the Supreme Court of Mongolia

Former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

I-Kiribati jurist

Islamic scholar and writer

Judge

Judge and barrister

Judge and Chief Justice

Judge and diplomat

Judge and Jurist

Judge and Justice of the Supreme Court

Judge and lawyer

Judge and politician

Judge currently

Judge of the Supreme Court of India

Judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Judge, lawyer, and banker

Jurist

Jurist and advocate

Jurist and an academic

Jurist and currently

Jurist and judge

Jurist and lawmaker of Parsi descent

Jurist and legislator of great prominence

Jurist and politician

Jurist and served as Chief Justice of Pakistan

Jurist and statesman

Jurist, 50th Chief Justice of India, 2022 to 2024

Jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister

Justice of the Court of Appeal of Singapore

Justice of the High Court of Australia

Justice of the High Court of Australia, 2017 to present

Justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court

Lawyer

Lawyer and former Supreme Court judge

Lawyer and judge

Lawyer and jurist

Lawyer and later a jurist

Lawyer, politician and judge

Lawyer, politician, and judge

Legal and political figure

Malayan-born Singaporean jurist

Military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice from 1953 to 1966

Politician

Politician and diplomat

Politician and judge

Politician, barrister, and judge

President of the Constitutional Court of Thailand

Prominent Uzbek scholar, diplomat and politician

Retired Indian judge

Retired Indian jurist

Retired Pakistani judge

Senior British Army officer