Modern jurists by country List of jurists

1 modern jurists country

1.1 argentina
1.2 australia
1.3 austria
1.4 auastria
1.5 bangladesh
1.6 brazil
1.7 brunei
1.8 canada
1.9 colombia
1.10 cyprus
1.11 czechoslovakia
1.12 czech republic
1.13 denmark
1.14 england & wales
1.15 france
1.16 germany
1.17 hong kong
1.18 india
1.19 iran
1.20 ireland
1.21 italy
1.22 lebanon
1.23 macau
1.24 nepal
1.25 netherlands
1.26 pakistan
1.27 scotland
1.28 soviet union & russian federation
1.29 spain
1.30 sri lanka
1.31 switzerland
1.32 ukraine
1.33 united states

modern jurists country
argentina

luis moreno ocampo

australia

sir edmund barton (judge)
sir garfield barwick (judge)
sir gerard brennan (judge)
julian burnside (queen s counsel)
sir william deane (judge, governor-general)
sir owen dixon (judge)
dr h.v. evatt (judge, politician)
robert french (judge)
mary gaudron (judge)
sir harry gibbs (judge)
murray gleeson (judge)
sir samuel griffith (judge)
h.b. higgins (judge)
sir isaac isaacs (judge, governor-general)
david ipp (judge)
michael kirby (judge)
sir adrian knox (judge)
sir anthony mason (judge)
lionel murphy (judge)
richard o connor (judge)
geoffrey robertson (queen s counsel)
sir ninian stephen (judge)
julius stone
sir ronald wilson (judge)


see also: list of judges of high court of australia, list of judges of federal court of australia, list of judges of supreme court of western australia

austria

ludwig adamovich sr., former president of austrian constitutional court
ludwig adamovich jr., former president of austrian constitutional court
walter antoniolli, former president of austrian constitutional court
franz bydlinski, leading late 20th-century theorist on methods of private law
eugen ehrlich, legal sociologist
walther kastner, 20th century lawyer , law professor shaped many reforms of austrian corporate law
hans kelsen, constitutional theorist, draftsman of austrian constitution , creator of pure theory of law
karl korinek, president of austrian constitutional court
karl anton freiherr von martini, late 18th century jurist , proponent of natural law, writer of earlier drafts, including west galician code leading austrian civil code of 1811
franz von zeiller, draftsman of final version of austrian civil code of 1811

auastria

františek ladislav rieger

bangladesh

a. k. fazlul huq
radhabinod pal
abdur razzaq
m. a. muid khan
rizwan hussain
azizul haque
delwar hossain sayeedi
kamal hossain
khatun sapnara
rezaur rahman

brazil

marquess of sapucaí
viscount of jequitinhonha
marquess of paraná
pimenta bueno
eusébio de queirós
baron of uruguaiana
josé tomás nabuco de araújo
zacarias de góis e vasconcelos
baron of penedo
cândido mendes de almeida
viscount of rio branco
ernesto carneiro ribeiro
rui barbosa
clóvis beviláqua
baron of rio branco
joaquim nabuco
joão mendes de almeida júnior
pedro lessa
edmundo muniz barreto
antônio evaristo de morais
antônio evaristo de morais filho
carlos maximiliano
josé de alcântara machado
eduardo spínola
levi carneiro
francisco luís da silva campos
nelson hungria
orozimbo nonato
heráclito fontoura sobral pinto
hahnemann guimarães
hermes lima
josé de aguiar dias
orlando gomes
washington de barros monteiro
san tiago dantas
evandro lins e silva
caio mário da silva pereira
maria helena diniz
victor nunes leal
alfredo buzaid
goffredo da silva telles júnior
hely lopes meirelles
rubens gomes de sousa
sílvio rodrigues
arnaldo süssekind
paulo brossard
raymundo faoro
roberto lyra filho
sydney sanches
sepúlveda pertence
joaquim barbosa
josé cretella júnior
paulo nader
cândido rangel dinamarco
ada pellegrini
tourinho filho
walter moraes
antônio carlos de araújo cintra
marco aurélio mello
celso lafer
francisco cavalcanti pontes de miranda
miguel reale
augusto teixeira de freitas

brunei

geoffrey briggs
mohamed saied

canada

rosalie abella
louise arbour
matthew baillie begbie
denise bellamy
william hume blake
louise charron
henry pering pellew crease
brian dickson
john gomery
peter hogg
louis-hippolyte lafontaine
antonio lamer
bora laskin
john mcclung
beverley mclachlin, current (2000-) chief justice of canada
roy mcmurtry
louis-philippe pigeon
f. r. scott, poet (francis reginald scott, or frank scott)
robert taschereau
stephen waddams

colombia

arturo valencia zea
luis carlos sáchica aponte
josé roberto herrera vergara
vladimiro naranjo
hernando morales molina
carlos medellín forero
alfonso reyes echandía
carlos lemos simmonds
jorge eliecer gaitán
francisco de paula santander
alejandro bonivento
fernando hinestroza
bernardo gaitán mahecha
marco gerardo monroy cabra
antonio rocha alvira
adán arriaga andrade
darío echandía olaya
josé maría del castillo y rada
Álvaro pérez vives
camilo torres y tenorio
eduardo santos montejo
josé j gómez
eduardo garcía sarmiento
josé alejandro bonivento

cyprus

michalakis a. triantafyllides
andreas n. loizou
georghios m. pikis
solon nikitas
alecos markides
phytos poetis
criton g. tornaritis

czechoslovakia

emil hácha

czech republic

petra buzková
otakar motejl
petr pithart
cyril svoboda

denmark

alf ross
anders sandøe Ørsted

england & wales

sir francis bacon
sir redmond barry, qc
sir william blackstone
lord browne-wilkinson
sir edward coke
lord denning
albert venn dicey
sir matthew hale
lord hutton
lord goff of chieveley
thomas more
lord morris of borth-y-gest
lord scarman
hartley shawcross
lord templeman
lord woolf
lord mansfield
sir ronald waterhouse, qc


france

charles aubry
jean-louis bruguière, investigative magistrate specialized on terrorism cases
jean jacques régis de cambacérès, main author of napoleonic code
guy canivet, first president of court of cassation
renaud denoix de saint marc, vice-president of conseil d État
georges gurvitch
claude jorda
edouard de laboulaye
roger le loire
pierre mazeaud, president of constitutional council of france
jean-Étienne-marie portalis
jean-paul beraudo

germany

siegfried bross
philipp heck, representative of sociological jurisprudence (interessenjurisprudenz)
roman herzog, president of german constitutional court , later president of germany
es: günther jakobs
rudolf von jhering, founder of sociological jurisprudence (interessenjurisprudenz)
hermann kantorowicz, proponent of free law school (freirechtslehre)
karl larenz, leading 20th century theorist of theory of private law (wertungsjurisprudenz or jurisprudence of values)
friedrich carl von savigny, 19th century legal scholar of historical school
carl schmitt, legal theorist
bernhard windscheid, leading drafter of bgb
reinhold zippelius, german representative of critical rationalism in jurisprudence
robert alexy

hong kong

kemal bokhary (judge)
charles ching (judge)
andrew li (judge)
henry litton (judge)
charles ching
denys roberts
robert ribeiro
george phillippo
yang ti-liang
patrick yu

india

b. r. ambedkar (father of india s constitution
ved p. nanda
radhabinod pal
subodh markandeya
k. k. mathew
shekhar bhargava
flavia agnes
upendra baxi
p. b. gajendragadkar
justice v.r krishna iyer
ram jethmalani
n. r. madhava menon
nanabhoy palkhivala
s.p sathe
justice p. n. bhagwati
b.s. chimni
m.p. singh
k n chandrasekharan pillai
justice dhananjaya y. chandrachud
justice y. v. chandrachud
dr. rajendra dhar dubey
radhabinod pal
hari singh gour
b. n. srikrishna
arjun chowdhury
mandagadde rama jois

iran

mohammad ali-saffari


shirin ebadi

ireland

william binchy (regius professor of laws in trinity college, dublin)
james casey (professor)
declan costello (former president of high court , attorney-general)
susan denham (judge of supreme court)
thomas finlay (former chief justice)
dermot gleeson (senior counsel , former attorney-general)
adrian hardiman (judge of supreme court)
séamus henchy (former judge of supreme court)
gerard hogan (senior counsel, lecturer in trinity college, dublin, co-editor of later editions of j.m. kelly: irish constitution )
ronan keane (former chief justice)
john m. kelly (late attorney-general , author of commentary irish constitution )
hugh kennedy (late chief justice , attorney-general)
john l. murray (chief justice , former attorney-general)
finbarr mcauley (professor)
patrick mcentee (senior counsel)
cearbhall Ó dálaigh (late chief justice, attorney-general , president of ireland)
thomas o higgins (late chief justice)
mary robinson (former barrister, professor , later president of ireland)
brian walsh (late judge of supreme court)
gerard whyte (professor in trinity college, co-editor of later editions of j.m. kelly: irish constitution )

italy


thomas aquinas
alberico gentili
niccolo macchiavelli
giambattista vico
cesare beccaria
francesco mario pagano
benedetto marcello
francesco carrara
gaetano filangieri
piero calamandrei
francesco carnelutti
pietro della vigna
vincenzo caianiello
francesco parisi
luigi ferrari bravo
dionisio anzilotti
bettina d andrea
riccardo petroni
gino giugni
mauro cappelletti
giovanni conso
enrico de nicola
leopoldo elia
marco biagi
giovanni maria flick
giuliano vassalli
gustavo zagrebelsky

lebanon

domitius ulpianus
aemilius papinianus
julius paulus prudentissimus
choucri cardahi (fr)
pierre ghannaje
pierre safa
mustafa al aouji
mohammed al naqeeb
edouard eid
ibrahim najjar
Émile tyan (fr)

macau

sam hou fai – presidente
chu kin – juizes
virato manuel pinheiro de lima – juizes
lai kin hong – presidente
choi mou pan – juizes
jose maria dias azedo – juizes
chan kuong seng – juizes
joao augusto goncalves gil de oliveira – juizes
tam hio wa – presidente dos tribunais de primeira instancia
alice leonor das neves costa – presidente de tribunal colectivo
fong man chong – juizes de tribunal colectivo
chao im peng – juizes de tribunal colectivo
mario augosto silvestre – juízes de tribunal singular
ip son sang – juízes de tribunal singular
tong hio fong – juízes de tribunal singular
lam peng fai – juízes de tribunal singular
cheong un mei – juízes de tribunal singular
sam keng tan – juízes de tribunal singular
teresa leong – juízes de tribunal singular
alvaro antonio mangas abreu dantas – juízes de tribunal singular
fernando miguel furtado andre alves – juízes de tribunal singular
ip sio fan – juízes de tribunal singular
kan cheng ha – juízes de tribunal singular
lou ieng ha – juízes de tribunal singular
jeronimo alberto goncalves santos – juízes de tribunal singular
margarida alexanda de meira pinto gomes – juízes de tribunal singular
paulo chan – juizes
leong fong meng – juizes
ho wai neng – juiz
lai kin hong – membro de conselho dos magistrados judiciais
mario augosto silvestre – membro de conselho dos magistrados judiciais
philip xaiver – membro de conselho dos magistrados judiciais
anabela sales ritchie – membro de conselho dos magistrados judiciais
lau cheok va – presidente
hoi sai iun – membro de commissao independente para indigitacao de juizes
vitor ng – membro de commissao independente para indigitacao de juizes
ieong wan chong – membro de commissao independente para indigitacao de juizes
philip xavier – membro de commissao independente para indigitacao de juizes
ho ten iat – membro de commissao independente para indigitacao de juizes
maria goretti faria da costa - iurisconsultus

nepal

rajendra kumar acharya

the netherlands

hugo grotius
tobias asser, played major role in formation of permanent court of arbitration, joint recipient of 1911 nobel prize peace
johannes bob van benthem, first president of european patent office
rudolph cleveringa, professor @ leyden university publicly protested against removal of jewish colleagues university german occupier
pieter hendrik kooijmans, judge on international court of justice
henry g. schermers, professor @ leiden university, founder of mordenate college , member of european commission human rights
bernard victor aloysius röling, judge on international military tribunal far east in tokyo

pakistan

muhammad iqbal
abul la maududi
rashid rehman
ali ahmad kurd
abdul hafiz pirzada
justice agha rafiq ahmed khan
shahid hamid
s.m. zafar
mian tufail mohammad
ashtar ausaf ali
liaquat ali khan
ghulam farooq awan
hina jilani
ashraf rahimi
asma jahangir
khurshid mahmud kasuri
sadiq khan
wasim sajjad

scotland


colin boyd, lord advocate
lord cullen of whitekirk, lord president of court of session of scotland
lord brian gill, lord justice clerk of scotland
sir neil maccormick
lord rodger of earlsferry
lord donald macarthur ross

soviet union & russian federation

major-general iola nikitchenko
gabriel shershenevich

spain

eduardo garcia de enterria y martinez-carande
baltasar garzón

sri lanka

christopher weeramantry
c.f. amerasinghe
radhika coomarawsamy
rohan edrisinghe
mark fernando
savitri goonasekere
neelan tiruchelvam
deepika udagama

switzerland

eugen huber, university of berne, drafter of zivilgesetzbuch, swiss civil code.
jörg paul müller, prominent human rights theorist
walter kälin [1]

ukraine

o.a. shalimov jurist
o.a. dzubenko jurist

united states

robert araujo, s.j. international law professor @ loyola university chicago school of law
randy barnett (1952), law professor @ georgetown university law center
paul butler (professor) (1961) american lawyer, former prosecutor, , current law professorgeorgetown university law center
william brennan (1906–1997), associate justice, supreme court of united states
louis brandeis (1856–1941), associate justice, supreme court of united states
warren e. burger (1907–1995), chief justice of united states
mike cicconetti (1951), judge, lake county, ohio
benjamin n. cardozo (1870–1938), associate justice, supreme court of united states
felix frankfurter (1882–1965), associate justice, supreme court of united states
henry friendly (1903–1986), judge, united states court of appeals second circuit
ruth bader ginsburg (1933), associate justice, supreme court of united states
learned hand (1872–1961), judge, united states court of appeals second circuit
oliver wendell holmes jr. (1841–1935), associate justice, supreme court of united states
john marshall harlan (1833–1911), associate justice, supreme court of united states
peggy fulton hora, superior court of california, alameda county
lance ito (1950), judge, superior court of california, los angeles county
john jay (1745–1829), chief justice of united states
alex kozinski (1950), judge, united states court of appeals ninth circuit
mills lane (1936), judge, marine, boxing referee
hans a. linde (1924), justice, oregon supreme court
john marshall (1755–1835), chief justice of united states
thurgood marshall (1908–1993), associate justice, supreme court of united states
frank murphy (1890–1949), associate justice, supreme court of united states; judge recorder s court.
martha nussbaum (present) ernst freund distinguished service professor of law , ethics @ university of chicago
richard posner (1939), judge, united states court of appeals seventh circuit
lysander spooner (1808-1887), abolitionist, jurist, lawyer, entrepreneur
joseph story (1779–1845), associate justice, supreme court of united states
roger j. traynor (1900–1983), chief justice, supreme court of california
earl warren (1891–1974), chief justice of united states
john minor wisdom (1905–1999), judge, united states court of appeals fifth circuit
william rehnquist (1924-2005), chief justice of united states
antonin scalia (1936-2016), associate justice, supreme court of united states