Can a lawyer become a politician in India?
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30 Jan 2018 28 Citations | Thereafter, even if they do not yet know much law, they do-as the expression goe~"think like a lawyer." |
| Second, it is generally assumed that the lawyer, through training, aptitudes, and skills peculiar to his profession, is better fitted to become a powerful political figure than the person without these benefits. | |
Open access•Journal Article 11 Citations | (21) Because "[a] lawyer may accept representation where the requisite level of competence can be achieved by reasonable preparation," it is difficult for a law to meet the competency threshold in more technical or complex matters. |
| Third, the long association of legal practitioners with the wealthy economic interests in the society has created an image of the lawyer as a conservative spokesman standing in the way of social progress, and it is thus felt that the policy end-product of the lawyer as decision-maker will differ considerably from that of the non-lawyer. | |
Open access•Posted Content 18 Citations | We find that having a local ethnic politician in parliament increases the likelihood of being employed by 2-3 percentage points. |
| It establishes the requirements that a professional politician must meet in terms of time commitment and wages, proposing an ideal model of the elements that create a high quality politician, focusing particularly on the formative process involved in a political career. | |
| India must sensitize its politicians to the serious nature of the problem and develop nongovernmental organizations which can become involved. | |
12 Citations | Using a regression discontinuity design, whereby individuals living in districts where a criminal politician barely won are compared to individuals living in districts where a criminal politician barely lost, this paper shows that criminal politicians reduce bribe-taking behavior of law and order officials by 34 percent. |
Open access•Posted Content 15 Citations | This is because lawyer regulators will not want to rock the boat in the profession or in law schools during a time of roil. Informally, yes! |
| Such a development may depend less upon the politician and more upon the lawyer. |
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