Justices of the Supreme Court of the Seafaring Confederation

The Justices of the Supreme Court of the Seafaring Confederation are the judges appointed to the Supreme Court of the Seafaring Confederation to serve for either their native nation or their native semi-autonomous subdivision. There are always 23 judges on the Supreme Court, representing 8 nations and 15 semi-autonomous subdivisions. The Chief Justice as of 2014 is Lies van Houten.

Structure
Justices are appointed to represent either a nation or a semi-autonomous subdivisional entity that is not a territory or a tribe. Though Justices are allowed to be a resident or a member of a territory or a tribe, they cannot specifically represent it.

The fact that semi-autonomous subdivisional entities are included means that the number of judges a nation sends does not represent its population. For instance, Saxony, with 14 million inhabitants, sends 5 Justices (one for the nation at-large and one for every of the four States), whilst Rockall, with 7 million inhabitants, sends 7 (one for the nation at-large and one for every of the five Viscountcies and the Federal District). Dogger, whilst having nearly the same number of inhabitants as Rockall, sends only one, as it is a unitary state and not a federation. The Highlands, as a federation, sends three Justices, even though it only has 400,000 inhabitants.

Chief Justice
From these Justices, one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Seafaring Confederation is elected, who will also still represent his or her nation or subdivisional entity. The Chief Justice is the official court representative in governmental matters and is the most senior Justice of the Confederation.

Title
All Justices of the Supreme Court are entitled to carry the title Baroness if they are a woman, or Baron if they are a man. Depending on the nation or semi-autonomous subdivisional entity they represent, their title may differ.

The titles are as follows: