Re: On Power

However the measure of productivity in the linked research is "bills
passed" - a measure of quantity rather than quality, it seems to me.
I understand in the UK many have the Oxford  PPE Philosophy Politics and
Economics  degree rather than a legal qualification.

 Here in Australia law  comes second in our Federal Parliament, so there is
some chance of MPs having studied History if not  Classics - " The most
common field of qualification is what the Parliamentary Handbook categorises
as ‘general’, which includes those degrees where the major field of study
has not been specified (for example, Arts degrees and doctorates). Of the
362 qualifications, there were 96 in the ‘general’ category, 90 in law (a
steep increase from 66 in 2005), 30 in economics/commerce, 25 in
administration, 24 in education  (a marked decline from 35 in 2005) and 13
in health (see Figure 5). In fields other than law and education, the
fluctuations since 2005 are less pronounced." (
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aph.gov.au%2FAbout_Parliament%2FParliamentary_Departments%2FParliamentary_Library%2Fpubs%2Frp%2Frp1314%2F43rdParl&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C030a10cb88204df45b6308d685720998%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636843122168629924&sdata=DqkdTykZdoic2R3Qr2nD%2F0LJQ4iRfmzVsxN4B6g8IeQ%3D&reserved=0
)

Maybe some of the lawers have  taken  Law in Ancient Athens courses?


On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 07:01, Diana Wright <[email protected]>
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