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...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | text |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2019
|
| Subjects: | |
| 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 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
| Language: | English |