List of prominent jurists

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The following lists are of prominent jurists, including judges, listed in alphabetical order by jurisdiction. See also list of lawyers.

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[edit] Antiquity

[edit] Modern jurists by country

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Australia

See also: List of Judges of the High Court of Australia

[edit] Austria

  • Ludwig Adamovich Sr., former president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
  • Ludwig Adamovich Jr., former president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
  • Walter Antoniolli, former president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
  • Franz Bydlinski, leading late 20th-century theorist on the methods of private law
  • Eugen Ehrlich, legal sociologist
  • Walther Kastner, 20th century lawyer and law professor who shaped many reforms of Austrian corporate law
  • Hans Kelsen, Constitutional theorist, draftsman of the Austrian constitution and creator of the Pure Theory of Law
  • Karl Korinek, president of the Austrian Constitutional Court
  • Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini, late 18th century jurist and proponent of natural law, writer of earlier drafts, including the West Galician Book of Laws leading up to the Austrian Civil Code of 1811
  • Franz von Zeiller, draftsman of the final version of the Austrian Civil Code of 1811

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Brunei

  • Geoffrey Briggs
  • Mohamed Saied

[edit] Canada

[edit] Colombia

  • Arturo Valencia Zea
  • Luis Carlos Sáchica Aponte
  • José Roberto Herrera Vergara
  • Vladimiro Naranjo
  • Hernando Morales Molina
  • Carlos Medellín
  • Alfonso Reyes Echandía
  • Carlos Lemos Simmonds
  • Jorge Eliecer Gaitán
  • Francisco de Paula Santander
  • Alejandro Bonivento
  • Fernando Hinestroza

[edit] Cyprus

  • Michalakis A. Triantafyllides
  • Andreas N. Loizou
  • Georghios M. Pikis
  • Solon Nikitas
  • Alecos Markides
  • Criton G. Tornaritis

[edit] England & Wales

See also: Law Lords

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] India

[edit] Iran

[edit] Ireland

  • William Binchy (Regius Professor of Laws in Trinity College, Dublin)
  • James Casey (Professor)
  • Declan Costello (former President of the High Court and Attorney-General)
  • Susan Denham (Judge of the Supreme Court)
  • Thomas Finlay (former Chief Justice)
  • Dermot Gleeson (Senior Counsel and former Attorney-General)
  • Adrian Hardiman (Judge of the Supreme Court)
  • Séamus Henchy (former Judge of the Supreme Court)
  • Gerard Hogan (Senior Counsel, Lecturer in Trinity College, Dublin, co-editor of the later editions of "J.M. Kelly: The Irish Constitution")
  • Ronan Keane (former Chief Justice)
  • John M. Kelly (late Attorney-General and author of the commentary "The Irish Constitution")
  • Hugh Kennedy (late Chief Justice and Attorney-General)
  • John L. Murray (Chief Justice and former Attorney-General)
  • Finbarr McAuley (Professor)
  • Patrick McEntee (Senior Counsel)
  • Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (late Chief Justice, Attorney-General and President of Ireland)
  • Thomas O'Higgins (late Chief Justice)
  • Mary Robinson (former Barrister, Professor and later President of Ireland)
  • Brian Walsh (late Judge of the Supreme Court)
  • Gerard Whyte (Professor in Trinity College, co-editor of the later editions of "J.M. Kelly: The Irish Constitution")

[edit] Lebanon

  • Mohammad Mughrabi

[edit] The Netherlands

  • Hugo Grotius, laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law.

[edit] Scotland

[edit] Soviet Union & Russian Federation

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] United States

See also: Past Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

[edit] International Courts at the Hague

See also: International Criminal Court
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