Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of the Americas›Highest Office Held›JusticeBrowse ByJusticeFactsJusticeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedA supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 1JusticeFilter Results60 entriesRoleAllAssociate Justice (1)Judge (39)Jurist (13)Lawyer (39)Politician (23)Legal SystemAllCivil Law (2)Common Law (3)Law of Argentina (2)Law of Brazil (4)Law of Canada (37)Law of Colombia (2)Law of Ecuador (1)Law of Mexico (3)Law of Panama (1)Law of Peru (1)Law of the United States (1)Law of Uruguay (2)Law of Venezuela (1)Field of LawAllAdministrative Law (3)Civil / Private Law (6)Commercial and Business Law (2)Common Law (2)Constitutional Law (29)Criminal Law (3)Family Law (1)Human Rights Law (4)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (3)Tax Law (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllArgentina (2)Brazil (5)Canada (37)Colombia (2)Dominica (1)Ecuador (1)Mexico (3)Nicaragua (1)Panama (1)Peru (1)United Kingdom (1)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1)United States (1)Uruguay (2)Venezuela (1)Court Served OnAllConstitutional Court of Colombia (2)Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (1)Federal Supreme Court of Brazil (5)National Court of Justice of Ecuador (1)Supreme Court of Canada (39)Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua (1)Supreme Court of Justice of Panama (1)Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Argentina) (2)Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico) (3)Supreme Court of Peru (1)Supreme Court of Uruguay (2)Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela) (1)United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1)Doctrines FormulatedAllConstitutional Interpretation (1)GenderAllFemale (16)Male (44)Era (Birth Decade)All1814 (1)1816 (1)1823 (1)1833 (1)1836 (1)1839 (1)1840 (1)1849 (1)1854 (1)1858 (1)1859 (1)1862 (1)1865 (1)1868 (1)1875 (1)1877 (1)1883 (1)1884 (1)1885 (1)1887 (1)1889 (1)1923 (1)1927 (2)1942 (1)1944 (1)1946 (2)1947 (1)1949 (1)1951 (1)1953 (1)1955 (1)1956 (1)1958 (2)1960 (2)1967 (1)1968 (1)1972 (1)1974 (1)1975 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Alba Luz RamosJusticeAlbert Blellock HudsonJusticeAlbert Clements KillamJusticeAlexandre de MoraesJusticeAndré MendonçaJusticeAndromache KarakatsanisJusticeArthur Cyrille Albert MalouinJusticeBertha WilsonJusticeBrian AlleyneJusticeCarlos GiustiJusticeCaryslia RodríguezJusticeCharles Holland LockeJusticeChristopher Salmon PattersonJusticeClaire L'Heureux-DubeJusticeCristiano ZaninJusticeDavid MillsJusticeDesire GirouardJusticeDouglas Charles AbbottJusticeEdmund Leslie NewcombeJusticeElena Highton de NolascoJusticeFlavio DinoJusticeFrank Joseph HughesJusticeGeorge Edwin KingJusticeGlenn JoyalJusticeHenry Hague DavisJusticeHoracio RosattiJusticeIvan RandJusticeJames MaclennanJusticeJames Wilfred EsteyJusticeJean-Thomas TaschereauJusticeJohn Henderson LamontJusticeJohn IdingtonJusticeJohn Wellington GwynneJusticeJorge ChediakJusticeLawrence Arthur Dumoulin CannonJusticeLenia Batres GuadarramaJusticeLeslie van RompaeyJusticeLouis-Philippe BrodeurJusticeMahmud JamalJusticeMalcolm RoweJusticeMaria Cristina Chen StanziolaJusticeMaria Victoria CalleJusticeMary MoreauJusticeMichelle O'BonsawinJusticeNestor OsunaJusticeNicholas KasirerJusticeNunes MarquesJusticeOlga Sanchez CorderoJusticeOswald Smith CrocketJusticePaulina AguirreJusticeShowing 1 to 50 of 60, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. 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.