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Preferred term
lawyers as politicians
Definition
- In the United States, many elected officials have law degrees and many aspiring politicians use law school as a first step in their political careers. In most other parts of the world, this close connection between the legal profession and political careers is rarer. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Politicians, Lawyers As]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/lawyers_as_politicians
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