SEVEN years of being Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has left a few impressions on Bagir Manan. In 2000, after undergoing a long process of selection at the House of Representatives (DPR), Bagir, a law professor at Padjadjaran University in Bandung, was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court. One year later, he became its chief justice.

In 2006, he was reelected as chief justice by 44 out of 48 of his peers. In 2005, he issued a decree exte