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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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Defining Characteristic

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

Role

Barrister and judge

Barrister and senior colonial judge

Barrister, colonial judge and chief justice

Barrister, judge and Fianna Fáil politician

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden

Constitutional scholar and educator

Criminal law scholar

Fine Gael politician, barrister and judge

Former judge

Historian, magistrate and writer

Judge

Judge and barrister

Judge and constitutionalist

Judge and President of the Council of State of Greece

Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belgium

Judge, academic and civil servant

Judge, politician and barrister

Jurist

Jurist and judge

Jurist and judge at the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland

Jurist and politician

Jurist, notary and judge

Juror

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Lawyer

Lawyer and judge

Lawyer and politician

Lawyer and politician (CDU)

Lawyer, judge and barrister

Legal scholar and judge

Legal scholar, politician, and judge

Magistrate and politician

Politician

Politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem)

Politician, currently

Politician, judge and legal scholar

Politician, lawyer and judge

President of the Constitutional Court of Croatia

President of the Constitutional Court of Moldova

President of the Constitutional Court of Romania (2016-2022)

President of the Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus

President of the Supreme Court of Georgia

President of the Supreme Court of Iceland

Public law professor from Auch, France

Retired Irish judge

Scholar of constitutional law

Soldier, Lawyer, Jurist

Soviet and Russian lawyer

Soviet judge and politician