List of Jewish jurists

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.

Australia

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

Canada
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- )

Other

* Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2003-2006)
* Alan B. Gold, Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court (1983-1992)
* Edward Greenspan, famous defence lawyer.
* Robert Kaplan, Solicitor General (1980-1984)
*Clayton Ruby
*Marvin Catzman, ]

Israel
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)

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

South Africa
* Arthur Chaskalson, Chief Justice.
* Richard Goldstone, judge, international war crimes prosecutor.
* 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.
* Albie Sachs, anti-apartheid activist and justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-).
* Percy Yutar, South African attorney-general.
* Harold Walter Levy, eminent advocate (SC) at the Cape Bar Council. Ground breaking argument as an Advocate at the Appellate Division that led to significant change of law of "ignorance". Ex Chairman of the Jewish Board of Deputies. Supreme Court judge presiding on Namibian bench for 10 years during and after Namibian independence. Internationally renowned for his human rights judgments.

United Kingdom
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United States

See List of Jewish American jurists

Other

* Tobias Asser, Dutch; winner of 1911 Nobel Peace Prize.
* Hans Kelsen, Austrian philosophy of law theorist.
* Celso Lafer , Brazilian lawyer and politician
* Marcos Libedinsky, president of Supreme Court of Justice of Chile.

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