List of Jewish jurists

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This list included individuals as being Jewish either per ethnicity, culture or religion who have contributed prominently to the field of law, especially as eminent judges or legal scholars. Individuals who may have obtained law degrees, or practiced law, but whose reasons for notability are not closely related to that, are generally not listed here.

1 Australia
2 Canada
- 2.1 Supreme Court of Canada
- 2.2 Other
3 Israel
- 3.1 Supreme Court of Israel
- 3.2 Other
4 South Africa
5 United Kingdom
6 United States
7 Other
8 See also

[edit] Australia

Zelman Cowen, legal scholar and Governor-General.
Isaac Isaacs, High Court Justice and Governor-General.
Julius Stone, legal scholar and theorist.

[edit] Canada

[edit] Supreme Court of Canada

Bora Laskin, Puisne Justice (1970-1973), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1973-1984)
Morris J. Fish, Puisne Justice (2003- )
Rosalie Abella, Puisne Justice (2004- )
Marshall Rothstein, Puisne Justice (2006- )

[edit] Other

Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2003-2006)
Alan B. Gold, Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court (1983-1992) [1]
Edward Greenspan, famous defence lawyer. [2]
Robert Kaplan, Solicitor General (1980-1984) [3] [4]

[edit] Israel

[edit] Supreme Court of Israel

Shimon Agranat, President (1965-1976)
Aharon Barak, President (1995-2006)
Dorit Beinisch, President (2006-)
Elyakim Rubinstein, (2004-)
Meir Shamgar, President (1983-1995)[5]

[edit] Other

Micha Lindenstrauss, judge and State Comptroller
Shmuel Tamir, famous lawyer and member of the Knesset.

[edit] South Africa

Arthur Chaskalson, Chief Justice. [6]
Richard Goldstone, judge, international war crimes prosecutor.[7]
Harold Hanson, eminent advocate (QC) and Senior Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council
Tony Leon, lecturer in the Law Department of University of the Witwatersrand and leader of the Democratic Alliance. [8]
Albie Sachs, anti-apartheid activist and justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-).
Percy Yutar, South African attorney-general.^[1]