Jurists And Legal Scholars 1-24
24 entries in the Jurists And Legal Scholars compendium.
Jurists And Legal Scholars 1-24 — 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 BarwickGeoffrey 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 FalconeGisèle 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 judge known for bold common law judgments and the Profumo report.Warren 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.
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