Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe›Era (Birth Decade)›By Century›19th centuryBrowse By19th centuryFacts19th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 119th centuryFilter Results9 entriesRoleAllBarrister (2)Chief Justice (1)Judge (6)Jurist (2)Lawyer (3)Legal Scholar (1)Politician (3)Legal SystemAllCommon Law (1)German Legal System (3)Law of the United Kingdom (5)Field of LawAllConstitutional Law (6)Nationality or JurisdictionAllGermany (3)Ireland (1)United Kingdom (5)Court Served OnAllBundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) (3)East African Court of Appeal (1)Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (1)Supreme Court of Fiji (1)Supreme Court of Ireland (1)Doctrines FormulatedAllLiving Tree Doctrine (1)GenderAllMale (9)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Charles Theodore Abbott19th centuryEnoch Jenkins19th centuryGebhard Müller19th centuryHarold Curwen Willan19th centuryHermann Höpker-Aschoff19th centuryJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey19th centuryJosef Wintrich19th centuryKenneth James Muir MacKenzie19th centuryTimothy Sullivan19th centurySources1. 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.