Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe›Era (Birth Decade)›By Decade›1940sBrowse By1940sFacts1940sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 11940sFilter Results21 entriesRoleAllBarrister (2)Chief Justice (1)Judge (10)Jurist (6)Lawyer (6)Legal Scholar (4)Politician (7)Legal SystemAllCivil Law (2)French Legal System (2)German Legal System (2)Irish Law (1)Law of Austria (2)Law of Hungary (1)Law of Italy (2)Law of Poland (1)Law of Romania (1)Law of Russia (1)Law of Spain (2)Law of the Czech Republic (1)Law of the United Kingdom (2)Law of Ukraine (1)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (1)Constitutional Law (16)Family Law (1)International Law (1)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAustria (2)Czechia (1)France (4)Germany (2)Hungary (1)Ireland (1)Italy (2)Poland (1)Romania (1)Russia (1)Spain (2)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (2)Court Served OnAllAustrian Constitutional Court (2)Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) (2)Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council of France) (4)Constitutional Court of Hungary (1)Constitutional Court of Romania (1)Constitutional Court of Russia (1)Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (1)Constitutional Tribunal of Poland (1)Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (1)European Court of Human Rights (1)Italian Constitutional Court (2)Spanish Constitutional Court (1)Supreme Court of Ireland (1)Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2)Supreme Court of Ukraine (1)GenderAllFemale (3)Male (18)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 21Alain Juppe1940sAndrzej Rzeplinski1940sBrenda Hale1940sCesare Mirabelli1940sElisa Pérez Vera1940sGerhart Holzinger1940sGustavo Zagrebelsky1940sGuy Canivet1940sHans-Jürgen Papier1940sIvan Dombrovskyy1940sJacques Mezard1940sJonathan Sumption1940sKarl Korinek1940sLaszlo Solyom1940sLaurent Fabius1940sPavel Rychetsky1940sPedro Cruz Villalon1940sSusan Denham1940sValer Dorneanu1940sValery Zorkin1940sWinfried Hassemer1940sSources1. 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.