Jurists And Legal Scholars
42 entries in the Jurists And Legal Scholars compendium.
Jurists And Legal Scholars — Era Chart
David Dudley Field IIArchitect of the Field Code and procedural reform.Derrick BellLawyer, professor, and civil rights activist who argued racism in the US is permanent.Earl Warren14th chief justice and 30th governor of California.Edward CokeEnglish jurist who limited royal power and shaped constitutional law.Francesco AlgarottiItalian polymath, Newtonian popularizer, and confidant of Frederick the Great.Francis LieberAuthor of the first modern codification of the laws of war.Gaius (jurist)Roman jurist whose Institutes shaped later legal education.Garfield BarwickSir Garfield Edward John Barwick (22 June 1903 – 13 July 1997) was an Australian judge whoGeoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron OakseyBritish judge who presided over the Nuremberg trials.Hans KelsenAustrian-American jurist known for the pure theory of law.Hugo BlackU.S. Senator from Alabama and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Hugo GrotiusDutch jurist who shaped international law and the idea of rights.Jeremy WaldronNew Zealand legal philosopher and critic of judicial review.Giovanni FalconeJudge and prosecuting magistrate known for anti-Mafia workGisèle HalimiFrench lawyer and member of the Russell Tribunal who defended Algerian independence fighteRichard PosnerInfluential judge and most-cited American legal scholar.Roger B. TaneyFifth chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision.Ruth Bader GinsburgAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1993 to 2020.Sandra Day O'ConnorFirst woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.Tom Denning, Baron DenningEnglish barrister and judge, Master of the Rolls for 20 years, known for his report on theWarren E. Burger15th Chief Justice who wrote United States v. Nixon opinion.William BlackstoneEnglish jurist whose Commentaries shaped common law.William J. Brennan Jr.Associate Justice of the U.S.William KunstlerControversial attorney and civil rights activist.John Marshall HarlanAssociate justice known for judicial restraint and a broad view of the Fourteenth AmendmenKen StarrIndependent counsel whose report led to Clinton's impeachment.Learned HandAmerican jurist known for his writings on liberty and judicial restraint.Louis BrandeisAssociate justice, antitrust advocate, and architect of the right to privacy.Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.U.S. Supreme Court justice known for civil liberties opinions and legal realism.Paolo BorsellinoItalian magistrate who fought the Sicilian Mafia.PapinianRoman jurist whose views prevailed over four other great jurists.Potter StewartCentrist Supreme Court justice and primary source for *The Brethren*.Radhabinod PalIndian jurist who dissented at the Tokyo Trials.René CassinFrench jurist who co-authored the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.John MarshallFourth chief justice who shaped the U.S. Supreme Court.William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldBritish jurist who reformed English law and challenged slavery.William O. DouglasThe Court's longest-tenured justice — 36 years, 209 days — and a tireless civil libertariaWilliam Rehnquist16th Chief Justice, conservative federalist, led Rehnquist Court.William Stoughton (judge)Salem witch trial chief justice who never recanted spectral evidence.Rudolf von GneistGerman jurist and politician who shaped constitutional law.Roland FreislerNazi judge who presided over the People's Court.Thurgood MarshallFirst African-American Supreme Court justice and civil rights lawyer.
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