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List Of First Women Lawyers And Judges In Europe
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Europe. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree. KEY * CYP = Partially recognized state in Cyprus * DNK = Constituent country of Denmark * FIN = Autonomous administrative division of Finland * GBR = British overseas territory of the United Kingdom * MDA = Territorial unit and de facto independent state of Moldova * NOR = Unincorporated area of Norway * SRB = Partially recognized state in Serbia Albania * Erifili Bezhani (1952): First Albanian female lawyer. She graduated and practiced law in France before being convicted by Albania's Communist Regime. * Natasha Sheshi: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Albania (1992) * Ina Rama (b. 1972): First female to serve as the Prosecutor General of Albania (2007-2012) * : First f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, it shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judiciary Of Andorra
The judicial system on Andorra is an independent body within the government of the Principality of Andorra. It is composed of: *The Batllia of Andorra, who judges, in the first instance, minor offenses and criminal offenses as well as civil and administrative litigation, * The Tribunal de Corts that decides on the crimes majors and, in appeal, the resources against the judgments dictated by the Court of Batlles (Batllia), *The Supreme Court of Andorra comprises a president and eight magistrates appointed by the Superior Council of Justice with jurisdiction over civil, administrative and criminal matters, * The Superior Council of Justice of Andorra as the organ of representation, government and administration of the judiciary and who oversees the independence and good functioning of justice and *The Fiscal Ministry *The Constitutional Court of Andorra who is in charge of interpreting the Constitution of Andorra, as well as deciding on the adaptation of the remaining laws to it, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Court Of The Commonwealth Of Independent States
The Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a judicial organ which was formed in order to provide exercising of its economic commitments by the participating states. The Court is empowered to consider the disputes in the fulfillment of economic commitments in accordance with international treaties within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Court considers other disputes under the agreement of the participating states. It is also empowered to interpret international treaties and the acts of the CIS bodies. The location of the Economic Court is the city of Minsk, Republic of Belarus. History For the first time the idea of creation of judicial body within the CIS was proposed and then mentioned in the Agreement on cooperation of economic and arbitration courts of Belarus, Russian Federation and the Ukraine dated 21 December 1991, on the day when Alma-Ata Declaration was signed. In the article 12 of this Agreement, national courts of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of and with a population of 9.4 million, Belarus is the List of European countries by area, 13th-largest and the List of European countries by population, 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, seven regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Martsinovich
Isabella may refer to: People and fictional characters * Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Isabella (surname), including a list of people Places United States * Isabella, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Isabella, California, a former settlement * Lake Isabella, California, a man-made reservoir * Isabella, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Isabella County, Michigan * Isabella, an unincorporated community in Isabella Township, Michigan * Isabella, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Isabella, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Isabella River (Minnesota) * Isabella, Oklahoma, a census-designated place and unincorporated community * Isabella, Pennsylvania (other) * Isabella Furnace, a cold-blast charcoal iron furnace, Pennsylvania Elsewhere * Isabella River (New South Wales), Australia * Isabella Island, Tasmania, Australia * Isabela Island (Galápagos) * Isabella, Manitoba, Canada, a settlement * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Byelorusskaya Sovyetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika or russian: links=no, Белорусская ССР, Belorusskaya SSR), also commonly referred to in English as Byelorussia, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1922, and from 1922 to 1991 as one of fifteen constituent republics of the USSR, with its own legislation from 1990 to 1991. The republic was ruled by the Communist Party of Byelorussia and was also referred to as Soviet Byelorussia or Soviet Belarus by a number of historians. Other names for Byelorussia included White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. To the wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Court (Austria)
The Constitutional Court (german: Verfassungsgerichtshof or ) in Austria is the tribunal responsible for judicial review. It verifies the constitutionality of statutes, the legality of ordinances and other secondary legislation, and the constitutionality of decisions of certain other courts. The Court also decides over demarcation conflicts between courts, between courts and the public administration, and between federal and state bodies. It hears election complaints, holds elected officials and political appointees accountable for their conduct in office, and adjudicates on liability claims against Austria and its bureaucracy. The Court consists of fourteen members and six substitute members, appointed by the president on nomination of the Cabinet, the National Council, and the Federal Council. Although theoretically supposed to, the Court rarely meets in plenum and rarely hears oral arguments; most cases today are decided behind closed doors by panels of either nine or five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Bierlein
Brigitte Bierlein (; born 25 June 1949) is an Austrian former jurist who served as Chancellor of Austria from June 2019 to January 2020. An Independent, she was the first female Chancellor of Austria. Bierlein served as the advocate general of the Procurator's Office – essentially the country's chief public prosecutor – from 1990 to 2002, as well as a member of the executive board of the International Association of Prosecutors from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, Bierlein was made a member of the Constitutional Court. Between January 2018 and June 2019, she served as President of the Constitutional Court, the first woman to hold the position. Following the Ibiza affair, President Alexander Van der Bellen named Bierlein Chancellor of Austria, after a parliamentary motion of no confidence dismissed the first government of Sebastian Kurz, the first successful motion of no confidence in Austrian modern history. She was the first woman to assume the role and served until the next gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Austria
The Supreme Court of Justice (german: Oberster Gerichtshof or ) is the final appellate court of Austria for civil and criminal cases. Along with the Supreme Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court, it is one of Austria's three courts of last resort. The Court does not have a fixed number of members. As of the early 21st century, there are typically between fifty and sixty justices on the Court. The responsibility for appointing Supreme Court justices is vested in the president of Austria, but the president can and usually does delegate this task to the minister of justice. The minister picks from a shortlist of three nominees provided by the Court itself. The Supreme Court of Justice convenes in the Palace of Justice in Vienna. Background The Austrian judiciary is organized into general courts () and courts of public law (). The courts of public law are responsible for the executive and legislative branches of government. One of its limbs, the administrative co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Griss
Irmgard Griss, also known as Irmgard Griss-Reiterer (born 13 October 1946), is an Austrian politician, lawyer and judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 2007 to 2011. She registered as an independent candidate at the 2016 presidential election and came in third position. Education and career Irmgard Griss graduated in 1965 from the trade academy in Graz, and obtained in 1970 the title of ''dr. juris'' at the University of Graz. From 1971 to 1975 she was research assistant at the university, while she completed a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School. Griss was in 1978 lawyer in Vienna and from 1979 to 1980 a judge at the county court for commercial matters in Vienna, and from 1981 to 1987 a judge at the trade court in Vienna. From 1987 to 1992 she was a judge at the Court of Appeal (''Oberlandesgericht'') in Vienna and from 1993 a judge at the Austrian Supreme Court. She was in the period from 2007 to 2011 the Supreme Court president. Irmgard Griss ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Court Of Austria
The Constitutional Court (german: Verfassungsgerichtshof or ) in Austria is the tribunal responsible for judicial review. It verifies the constitutionality of statutes, the legality of ordinances and other secondary legislation, and the constitutionality of decisions of certain other courts. The Court also decides over demarcation conflicts between courts, between courts and the public administration, and between federal and state bodies. It hears election complaints, holds elected officials and political appointees accountable for their conduct in office, and adjudicates on liability claims against Austria and its bureaucracy. The Court consists of fourteen members and six substitute members, appointed by the president on nomination of the Cabinet, the National Council, and the Federal Council. Although theoretically supposed to, the Court rarely meets in plenum and rarely hears oral arguments; most cases today are decided behind closed doors by panels of either nine or fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarete Haimberger-Tanzer
Margarete Charlotte Haimberger-Tanzer (25 May 1916, Vienna - 1987) was an Austrian lawyer, prosecutor and judge. Haimberger-Tanzer was the first woman to serve as a criminal judge at a court in the Republic of Austria and one of the first female judges in Austrian legal history. In 1950, Margarete Haimberger was appointed as the first woman criminal judge and thereby initially transferred to the district court Bad Ischl Bad Ischl (Austrian German ) is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Ahorn'', ''Bad Ischl'', ''Haiden' .... A year later, she returned to the Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters, where she was the first examining magistrate and in 1956 was the first woman chairing a Schöffenverhandlung.Ilse Korotin (Hrsg.): ''biografıA. Lexikon österreichischer Frauen.'' Band 2: ''I–O.'' Böhlau, Wien/Köln/Weimar 2016, , S. 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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