Lawyers and law graduates in parliaments as a consequence of SMD electoral systems: Comparing Japan, South Korea, and Germany

Lawyers and law graduates in parliaments as a consequence of SMD electoral systems: Comparing Japan, South Korea, and Germany

This study addresses the question of why so many of the world’s legislators are lawyers or law graduates. Drawing from previous studies on lawyer-legislators and electoral systems, it develops the argument that ‘first-pass-the-post’ single-member district electoral systems presume a principal-agent...

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Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
Subjects:
Electoral systems
Germany
Japan
law
lawyers
parliaments
political selection
proportional representation
single-member districts
South Korea
Political Science
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3085
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4342/viewcontent/JJPS_Lawyers_in_Parliaments__2019_.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4342/viewcontent/JJPS_Lawyers_in_Parliaments__2019_.pdf

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