Practicing lawyers, Lower Mekong
The number of practicing lawyers in each Lower Mekong country, from various sources. Collated for a visualization on the OD Mekong Law and judiciary page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/law-and-judiciary).
Additional Info
| Field |
Value |
| Dataset topic category |
- Law and judiciary
- Regulation of lawyers
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| Language |
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| Dataset reference date |
May 19, 2016
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| Temporal extent's start date |
January 1, 2008
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| Temporal extent's end date |
December 31, 2014
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| GeoNames |
- Cambodia
- Viet Nam
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Thailand
- Myanmar
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| Positional Accuracy |
Various sources used, each corresponding to various years. Also, the original source document for the 2008 Thailand figure is no longer available online.
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| Logical Consistency |
Countries have different definitions for people who can practice law in their country, most especially Myanmar, which has three levels of advocates, pleaders, and law officers.
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| Process Step |
From Google searches on "number of lawyers" for each country, copy and paste numbers, notes and year references into an Excel spreadsheet.
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| Lineage |
Cambodia: B Dunlap. The Rule of Law Without Lawyers: American Legal Reformers and the Cambodian Lawyer Shortage (April 12, 2014). http://ssrn.com/abstract=2424255 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2424255. Laos: Japan Federation of Bar Associations. Laos profile. http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/library/ja/bar_association/word/data/Laos.pdf.
Myanmar: UNDP. Bridges to Justice: Rule of Law Centres for Myanmar - A Feasibility Study, page 5. Accessed 28 May 2016. http://www.mm.undp.org/content/dam/myanmar/docs/Publications/DemoGov/UNDP_MM_DG_Bridges_to_Justice.pdf.
Thailand: Lawyers for Lawyers. http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl/countries/thailand/.
Vietnam: Lawyers for Lawyers. http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl/countries/vietnam/
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| Responsible party |
ODI researcher: David Hill
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| License |
CC-BY-4.0
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| Copyright |
No |
| Version |
1.1 |
| Date uploaded |
May 31, 2016, 06:57 (UTC)
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| Date modified |
May 31, 2016, 07:07 (UTC)
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