Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe›Highest Office Held›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 Results40 entriesRoleAllBarrister (4)Chief Justice (4)Judge (24)Jurist (20)Lawyer (8)Legal Scholar (6)Politician (9)Legal SystemAllCivil Law (3)French Legal System (1)German Legal System (6)Irish Law (5)Law of Austria (2)Law of Bulgaria (1)Law of Croatia (1)Law of Cyprus (1)Law of Denmark (1)Law of Georgia (country) (1)Law of Hungary (1)Law of Italy (3)Law of Malta (1)Law of Norway (1)Law of Russia (1)Law of Spain (2)Law of Sweden (1)Law of Switzerland (1)Law of the Czech Republic (1)Law of the Netherlands (1)Law of the United Kingdom (4)Law of Turkey (1)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (4)Civil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (1)Constitutional Law (27)Criminal Law (1)Family Law (2)Human Rights Law (1)Tax Law (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAustria (2)Bulgaria (1)Croatia (1)Cyprus (1)Czechia (1)Denmark (1)France (2)Georgia (1)Germany (6)Hungary (1)Ireland (5)Italy (3)Malta (1)Moldova (1)Netherlands (1)Norway (1)Russia (1)Slovenia (1)Spain (2)Sweden (1)Switzerland (1)Turkey (1)United Kingdom (4)Court Served OnAllAustrian Constitutional Court (2)Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) (6)Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council of France) (2)Constitutional Court of Croatia (1)Constitutional Court of Moldova (1)Constitutional Court of Russia (1)Constitutional Court of Slovenia (1)Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (1)Constitutional Court of Turkey (1)Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (2)East African Court of Appeal (1)European Court of Human Rights (2)Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (1)Italian Constitutional Court (3)Spanish Constitutional Court (1)Supreme Court of Cyprus (1)Supreme Court of Denmark (1)Supreme Court of Fiji (1)Supreme Court of Georgia (1)Supreme Court of Ireland (4)Supreme Court of Norway (1)Supreme Court of Sweden (1)Supreme Court of the Netherlands (1)Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (1)GenderAllFemale (11)Male (29)Era (Birth Decade)All1882 (1)1891 (1)1895 (1)1896 (1)1916 (1)1924 (1)1925 (1)1928 (1)1932 (1)1936 (1)1940 (1)1943 (3)1945 (2)1946 (1)1947 (1)1954 (1)1956 (1)1958 (2)1960 (2)1961 (2)1962 (2)1963 (2)1965 (1)1967 (1)1969 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 40Anders EkaChief JusticeBrenda HaleChief JusticeDineke de GrootChief JusticeDomnica ManoleChief JusticeDonal O'DonnellChief JusticeEnoch JenkinsChief JusticeErnst BendaChief JusticeGebhard MüllerChief JusticeGerhart HolzingerChief JusticeGustavo ZagrebelskyChief JusticeHans-Jürgen PapierChief JusticeHarold Curwen WillanChief JusticeHermann Höpker-AschoffChief JusticeJános Farkas de BoldogfaChief JusticeJasna OmejecChief JusticeJens Peter ChristensenChief JusticeJosef WintrichChief JusticeKadir OzkayaChief JusticeKarl KorinekChief JusticeKaterina StamatiouChief JusticeKenneth James Muir MacKenzieChief JusticeLaurent FabiusChief JusticeLiam HamiltonChief JusticeManuel Garcia-PelayoChief JusticeMark ChetcutiChief JusticeMarta CartabiaChief JusticeMartha NiquilleChief JusticeNino KadagidzeChief JusticePavel RychetskyChief JusticePavlina PanovaChief JusticePedro Cruz VillalonChief JusticeRichard FerrandChief JusticeRok ČeferinChief JusticeRonan KeaneChief JusticeSusan DenhamChief JusticeTom O'HigginsChief JusticeToril Marie OieChief JusticeValerio OnidaChief JusticeValery ZorkinChief JusticeWolfgang ZeidlerChief 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.