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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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A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. 1
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17th Chief Justice of Canada

Role
1 entry

Attorney and professor

Role
1 entry

Attorney General of Nicaragua

Role
1 entry

Attorney, Supreme Court Justice, politician and professor

Role
1 entry

Caribbean jurist

Role
1 entry

Chief Justice of Barbados

Role
1 entry

Chief Justice of Belize

Role
1 entry

Chief Justice of Canada

Role
1 entry

Chief Justice of Guyana

Role
1 entry

Chief Justice of Jamaica (2018-present)

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1 entry

Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago (2008-2025)

Role
1 entry

Journalist, lawyer, politician and judge from Quebec

Role
1 entry

Judge

Role
4 entries

Judge and Chief Justice

Role
1 entry

Judge and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court

Role
1 entry

Judge and lawyer

Role
2 entries

Judge and politician

Role
1 entry

Judge, lawyer

Role
1 entry

Jurist

Role
4 entries

Jurist and political figure

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1 entry

Jurist and the fourth Chief Justice of Canada

Role
1 entry

Jurist, judge

Role
1 entry

Jurist, politician and judge

Role
1 entry

Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Role
3 entries

Justice of the Supreme Federal Court

Role
2 entries

Lawyer

Role
3 entries

Lawyer and judge

Role
9 entries

Lawyer and jurist

Role
1 entry

Lawyer and politician

Role
1 entry

Lawyer and puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada

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1 entry

Lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Role
4 entries

Lawyer, politician, and judge

Role
1 entry

Lawyer, politician, and judge from Saskatchewan

Role
1 entry

Lawyer, politician, and jurist

Role
2 entries

Lawyer, public notary, judge

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1 entry

Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia

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1 entry

Magistrate, currently a Justice at the Supreme Federal Court

Role
1 entry

Member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Uruguay

Role
1 entry

Politician and judge

Role
1 entry

Politician, lawyer and judge from Manitoba, Canada

Role
1 entry

Président de la Cour de cassation

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1 entry

President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, 2009-2010

Role
1 entry

President of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico

Role
1 entry

President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Role
1 entry

President of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela

Role
1 entry

Professor and politician

Role
1 entry

Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada

Role
2 entries

Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Role
3 entries

Retired Canadian judge

Role
1 entry

Saint Lucian jurist and politician

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1 entry

Secretary of the Interior of Mexico

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1 entry

Trinidad and Tobago lawyer and judge

Role
1 entry
Sources
1. Supreme court (Wikipedia)
WikipediaSupreme court, lead section, jurist regional subcategory definition sentence
Quote, Supreme court, lead section, jurist regional subcategory definition sentence
In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts.
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