in the United States, it is possible to appoint Chief Justices for the
Supreme Court from either within the existing court, or as a new
appointee.  In which other Democratic countries is this possible in
either supreme courts of appeal or constitutional courts? Also, are
there other cases where the Chief Justice would keep that post for his
or her entire term?

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 29 Jul 2005 22:52 PDT

I believe that your questions would require more time and effort to
answer than the average amount of time and effort associated with this
price.  The questions as currently written would require a Researcher
to seek at least two pieces of information for every democratic
country.

Here is a link to guidelines about pricing questions: 

http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

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Clarification of Question by jim_321-ga on 30 Jul 2005 00:13 PDT

A paid answer will need only:

1. name 1 country other than the USA where the cheif justice of the
national high court can be appointed from outside that court, with a
source.

AND 

2. name 1 country where other than the USA where the cheif justice of
a high court always holds that position (cheif justice) for an entire
life term, once appointed, with a source.

the Chief Justice can be appointed from within the court or from
outside the court. additionally, there is no requirement that any
appointment to the Supreme Court have a legal background (just a
little extra info).
as for other countries, i don't know.