Showing posts with label Judges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judges. Show all posts

29.12.11

John Bradshaw (Judges)


(15 July 1602 – 31 October 1659) was an English judge. He is most notable for his role as President of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I and as the first Lord President of the Council of State of the English Commonwealth.

Benjamin Cardozo (Judges)


A liberal Supreme Court Justice appointed by Herbert Hoover in 1932, was a founder of the American Law Institute and a renowned legal essayist. His rulings, both on the New York Supreme Court and later on the U.S. Supreme court, helped to shape American common law and American tort law. He was also instrumental in upholding the federal Social Security program.

19.12.11

Alvin Robert Cornelius (Judges)


(8 May 1903 – 21 December 1991) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from May 13, 1960 to February 29, 1968. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court for about 17 years. Born in Agra and known as 'Bobby', he was educated at the Allahabad University and at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was a Roman Catholic.