A justice ministry is a ministry

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 or other government agency

Government agency

A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...

 charged with justice

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...

. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice or secretary of justice or secretary for justice; sometimes the head of a department of justice is entitled attorney general

Attorney General

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

.

Specific duties may relate to organizing the justice system, overseeing the public prosecutor and maintaining the legal system and public order. Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas overseeing elections, directing the police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

, law reform. The duties of the ministry of justice may in some countries be split from separate responsibilities of an attorney general

Attorney General

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

 (often responsible for the justice system) and the interior minister

Interior minister

An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...

 (often responsible for public order).

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Country	Subnational division	Ministry	Head	List
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Albania) The Ministry of Justice is part of the Albanian government responsible for implementation of government Justice policy. The current minister is Eduard Halimi of the Democratic Party of Albania....	Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice (Albania) The Ministry of Justice is part of the Albanian government responsible for implementation of government Justice policy. The current minister is Eduard Halimi of the Democratic Party of Albania....
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Algeria) The Ministry of Justice is an Algerian government ministry.-External links:*...	Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice (Algeria) The Ministry of Justice is an Algerian government ministry.-External links:*...
		Attorney-General's Department Attorney-General's Department (Australia) The Attorney-General's Department is an Australian Government Department. Its role is to serve the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice...	Attorney-General of Australia (with list) Attorney-General of Australia The Attorney-General of Australia is the first law officer of the Crown, chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia and a minister of the Crown. The Attorney-General is usually a member of the Federal Cabinet, but there is no constitutional requirement that this be the case since the...
|Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...		Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	New South Wales Justice and Attorney General's Department	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|Norfolk Island Norfolk Island Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...	Attorney-General	Chief Minister
|Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...	Department of Justice and Attorney-General	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
|Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	Department of the Attorney-General	Attorney-General
|South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	Department of the Attorney-General	Attorney-General
|Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	Department of Justice and the Attorney-General	Minister of Justice and Attorney-General
|Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice
|Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	Department of the Attorney-General	Attorney-General
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Azerbaijan) The Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation of the justice system, overseeing the public prosecutor, maintaining the legal system and public order and instituting law reforms....	Minister of Justice
		Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Legal Affairs	Attorney General Minister of Legal Affairs
		FPS Justice Belgium FPS Justice Belgium The FPS Justice , formerly the Ministry of Justice, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on May 23, 2001, as part of the plans of the first Verhofstadt Government to modernise the federal administration...	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice of Cameroon The Ministry of Justice of Cameroon is the Department responsible for administering the Cameroon justice system. As at May 2004, the Minister of State for Justice was Amadou Ali. The legal system in the Cameroon is complex with a constitution developed in 1972 and revised in 1996 as well as...	Minister of State for Justice
		Department of Justice Department of Justice (Canada) The purpose of the Department of Justice is to ensure that the Canadian justice system is fair, accessible and efficient. The Department also represents the Canadian government in legal matters...	Minister of Justice Minister of Justice (Canada) The Minister of Justice is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada .This cabinet position is usually reserved for someone with formal legal training... Attorney General of Canada	list
|Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	Ministry of Justice and Attorney General	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...	Ministry of the Attorney General	Attorney General Attorney General of British Columbia The Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia is a provincial government department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province of British Columbia, Canada...	|
|Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Manitoba) The Minister of Justice and Attorney General is a cabinet minister in the government of Manitoba. Before 1990, the minister who held this position was simply designated as Attorney-General...	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...	Office of the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General (New Brunswick) The Office of the Attorney General is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged providing legal services to all departments and agencies of the government.... Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs The Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the protection of the public interest and, as such, oversees the insurance industry, financial institutions, pensions and rental housing....	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...	Department of Justice Department of Justice The names Department of Justice and Justice Department may refer to:*Department of Justice *Department of Justice *Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform *Department of Justice...	Minister of Justice and Minister of Justice
|Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...	Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|Nunavut Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...	Department of Justice Department of Justice The names Department of Justice and Justice Department may refer to:*Department of Justice *Department of Justice *Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform *Department of Justice...	Minister of Justice
|Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	Ministry of the Attorney General	Attorney General Attorney General of Ontario The Attorney General of Ontario is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and governs the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario - the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial...
|Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...	Department of the Attorney General	Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	Department of Justice Department of Justice The names Department of Justice and Justice Department may refer to:*Department of Justice *Department of Justice *Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform *Department of Justice...	Minister of Justice (Quebec) Minister of Justice (Quebec) The Minister of Justice is responsible for the administration of courts and prosecutors in Quebec, Canada. The Minister is automatically the Attorney General, and Registrar of Quebec....
|Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
|Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....	Department of Justice Department of Justice The names Department of Justice and Justice Department may refer to:*Department of Justice *Department of Justice *Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform *Department of Justice...	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China is a ministry of the Chinese central government which is responsible for legal affairs... Public Notary Office of People's Republic of China Public Notary Office of People's Republic of China Public Notary Office is a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for certifying documents according to Chinese legal system... Supreme People's Procuratorate Supreme People's Procuratorate The Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest agency at the national level responsible for both prosecution and investigation in the People's Republic of China...	Minister of Justice
|	Department of Justice Department of Justice (Hong Kong) The Department of Justice is the department responsible for the laws of Hong Kong headed by the Secretary for Justice. Before 1997, the names of the department and the position was the Legal Department and Attorney General respectively....	Secretary for Justice
|	Secretariat for Administration and Justice Secretariat for Administration and Justice (Macau) The Secretariat for Administration and Justice is a department of the government of Macau. The secretariat is responsible for the civil service, legal affairs, and municipal affairs in the region...	Secretary for Justice Secretary for Justice (Macau) Secretary for Justice or Secretaria da Justiça was a bureau secretary and senior law officer in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Justice, which was responsible for legal affairs and public prosecution in the colony... Secretary for Public Security Secretary for Public Security The Secretary for Public Security was the top law enforcement officer in Portuguese Macau.The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Public Security, which as responsible for the disciplinary services in Macau...
(Taiwan)		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Republic of China) The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China is a ministerial level governmental body of the Executive Yuan. It is responsible for carrying out various judicial functions in the Republic of China .-Organization:...	Justice Minister
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Croatia) The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of prosecuting government cases and the administration of institutions falling within the scope of the judiciary system ....	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice of Denmark Ministry of Justice of Denmark is the Danish government ministry responsible for the general judicial system, including the police and the prosecution service, the courts of law, and prisons and the probation service...	Justice Minister Justice Minister of Denmark The Danish Minister for Justice is the head of the Ministry of Justice and a cabinet member.Under the current government, the post is held by Morten Bødskov.As the head of the department, the minister is responsible for:* The General judicial system including...	list
		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
European Union		DG Justice ]	Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Finland) The Ministry of Justice is one of the 12 ministries in the Finnish Government. Headed by the Minister of Justice, it is responsible for "maintaining and developing order and legal safeguards and overseeing the structures of democracy and the fundamental rights of citizens" in Finland...	Minister for Justice
		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice Minister of Justice (France) The Ministry of Justice is controlled by the French Minister of Justice , a top-level cabinet position in the French government. The current Minister of Justice is Michel Mercier...
		Federal Ministry of Justice Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) The Federal Ministry of Justice is a federal ministry in Germany.Under the federal system of Germany, individual states are most responsible for the administration of justice and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the...	Federal Minister of Justice	list
			Minister of Justice Minister for Justice (Greece) The Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights is a government department of Greece entrusted with the supervision of the country's legal and judicial system. It was founded as the State Justice Secretariat in April 1833, and was known as the Ministry of Justice until October 2009...
			Minister of Administration and Justice Minister of Justice of Hungary -Ministers of Justice, 1848-2006:-Hungarian Revolution of 1848:-Austria-Hungary:-Hungarian Democratic Republic :-Hungarian Soviet Republic:-Counter-revolutionary Government:-Regency:-Second Hungarian Republic:...
		Ministry of Law and Justice Ministry of Law and Justice (India) The Ministry of Law and Justice is a prominent Ministry of Government of India. Under the , the Ministry is vested with the responsibility of administration of legal affairs, justice, and legislative affairs in India....	Minister of Law and Justice
		Ministry of Justice and Human Rights	Minister of Justice and Human Rights
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Iran) Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for prosecuting the government cases. In other words, the justice minister is the attorney-general of the country. However, he has nothing to do with policing which is the responsibility of the Interior minister of the Islamic...	Minister of Justice (and Attorney General)
		Department of Justice and Equality	Minister for Justice and Equality (with list)
			Justice Minister Justice Minister of Israel The Justice Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice and a position in the Israeli cabinet. The current minister is Ya'akov Ne'eman, an independent who is not a member of the Knesset....
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Italy) The Ministry of Justice is a department of the government of Italy. Headquartered in Rome, it is headed by the Minister of Justice.-External links:* *...	|Minister of Justice Italian Minister of Justice This is a list of Italian Ministers of Justice since 1946.-External links:* *...
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Japan) The is one of Ministries of the Japanese government.-Meiji Constitution:The Ministry of Justice was established under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan in 1871 as the .-Constitution of Japan:...	Minister of Justice Minister of Justice (Japan) The is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Justice. The post has been held by Hideo Hiraoka since 2 September 2011.- Ministers of Justice :...
		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice Attorney General	see this article
			Minister of Justice	list
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Montenegro) The Ministry of Justice in the Government of Montenegro is the ministry in the Government of Montenegro which is in charge of the nation's justice system.-Ministers:...	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Security and Justice	Minister of Security and Justice
		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice (New Zealand) Minister of Justice (New Zealand) The Minister of Justice is a minister in the government of New Zealand. The minister has responsibility for the formulation of justice policy and for the administration of law courts....
		Ministry of Justice and the Police Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of justice, police and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the Ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic guarantees of the rule of law...	Minister of Justice and the Police (with list) Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway) In Norway, the Minister of Justice and the Police is the head of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of Government of Norway. Current minister is Grete Faremo of the Norwegian Labour Party who is part of the second cabinet Stoltenberg...
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Pakistan) The Ministry of Justice , also known as Justice Ministry is a Government of Pakistan's federal and executive Ministry responsible and tasked with the enforcement of law and administration of justice. The Government department is led by the Minister for Justice who is a political and executive figure...	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice	Minister for Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Peru) The Ministry of Justice of Peru is the government ministry charged with advising the President of Peru in judicial matters.The ministry is responsible, among other matters, for the national prison system as well as the state's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church in Peru.The current...	Minister of Justice
		Department of Justice Department of Justice (Philippines) The Department of Justice , abbreviated as DOJ, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines...	Secretary of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland is one of the ministries of Poland. Each Minister of Justice since 1990 has been also Attorney General of the Republic of Poland.-Ministers of Justice :-External links:*...	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Portugal) The Ministry of Justice is a Portuguese government ministry.-External links:**...	Minister of Justice
			Minister of Justice
			Minister of Justice	Justice Minister (list)
		Ministry of Law Ministry of Law (Singapore) The Ministry of Law is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for ensuring that Singapore's legal infrastructure is clear, efficacious and transparent...	Minister of Law
		Department of Justice and Constitutional Development	Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development	list
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Spain) The Ministry of Justice is one of the ministries in the Government of Spain. The ministry has its headquarters in Madrid.This Ministry has the following competences:...	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice and Legal Reform	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Sweden) The Ministry of Justice is a Cabinet level ministry in the Government of Sweden with responsibility for legislation. The ministry is responsible for the Swedish legal system in Constitution and general administrative law, civil law, procedural law and criminal law...	Minister for Justice Minister for Justice (Sweden) The Minister for Justice is the justice minister of Sweden and head of the Ministry of Justice. The current Minister for Justice is Beatrice Ask of the Moderate Party....
			Federal Department of Justice and Police (with list)
		|Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Justice of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the People's Commissariat for Justice...	People's Commissar for Justice Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Thailand) The Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Thailand is a Cabinet Ministry in the Government of Thailand. The Ministry is in charge of the criminal justice system in the Kingdom. As well as running prisons and aiding the Royal Thai Police, the ministry also run the government's drug and narcotic...	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Turkey) The Ministry of Justice is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for justice affairs in Turkey....	Justice Minister
		|Ministry of Justice & Constitutional Affairs	Minister of Justice
		Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Justice is a ministerial department of the UK Government headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, who is responsible for improvements to the justice system so that it better serves the public...	Lord Chancellor Lord Chancellor The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign... Secretary of State for Justice
|Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Department of Justice Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) The Department of Justice is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The current Minister of Justice is David Ford, who is a member of the Northern Ireland Executive...	Minister of Justice Attorney General for Northern Ireland Attorney General for Northern Ireland The Attorney General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the Northern Ireland Executive for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly....
|	Justice and Communities Directorate Justice and Communities Directorate The Scottish Government Justice and Communities Directorates were a group of Directorates within the Scottish Government. The Cabinet Secretary for Justice is Kenny MacAskill, and he has responsibility for criminal justice, police, fire and rescue, courts and civil law in Scotland...	Cabinet Secretary for Justice
|Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...		Counsel General
		|United States Department of Justice United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...	Attorney General (with list) United States Attorney General The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...
		|Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice