justice minister
Top legal official
A justice minister is a government official responsible for the administration of a country's legal system and justice-related policies.
The role typically oversees courts, prosecutors, prisons, and law enforcement at the national level.
In parliamentary systems, the justice minister serves in the cabinet: The justice minister announced reforms to the criminal code.
The equivalent position in the United States is the Attorney General.
- cabinet memberSenior government official
- human rights advocateOne championing inherent dignities
- human rights lawRules protecting inherent freedoms
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
ombudsman · legislator · parliamentarian · criminal code · law reform · rule of law · secretary of state · judicial appointment · civil servant · legal scholar · policy advisor · arbitrator · ethicist · head of state · mediator · court clerk · bailiff · whistleblower
- ministerspremier, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- Cabinetcabinet member, cabinet secretary, cabinet position, cabinet meetings, cabinet shuffle
- UK OfficialsMP, cabinet member, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- Canadian lawfederal laws, criminal code, court decisions, Supreme Court of Canada, judgments
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
justice ministerjudge
One who decides
chief justice · magistrate · judicial officer · presiding judge · attorney general
justice ministercrime boss
Leader of criminal organization
mob boss · cartel leader · outlaw · lawbreaker · fugitive from justice
justice ministerpublic defender
Attorney representing those unable to afford one
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