[quote:9ax1u8t4]I don't know why the Chancellor has to appoint some kind of assistants to the Legislative: if the RA needs the drafters, the RA should appoint them, as Beathan has remarked.[/quote:9ax1u8t4]
See my answer to Beathan above.
[quote:9ax1u8t4]Also, if we are looking for professional aid, probably this aid should be different if the RA is writing a law concerning IP rights, a covenant, or the Judiciary Act, so I don't find much useful to have the same advisers for every law.[/quote:9ax1u8t4]
Well, the text says 2 or more. I would expect the first two would each have a field of expertise - but remember, their task is to do legal drafting, not to set policy. Of course, as our community grows, and with it the RA [the constitution stipulates the RA can have up to 40 members - the quality of drafting, if left to RA members, will become more and more uneven and potentially inconsistent (another job of the LC would be to make sure various laws are not inconsistent or contradictory when drafted) if left to the RA members themselves] - the LC can also grow and individuals with different areas of expertise can be hired. I think that for now, 2 drafters would be quite sufficient , if one looks at the output of the RA over the last couple of years.
[quote:9ax1u8t4]Finally, it seems a bit contradictory to me to blame the RA for being a "professional government" and, simultaneously, for not having "the legal and professional training required".[/quote:9ax1u8t4]
I have never "blamed" the RA for not having "the legal and professional training required". In fact, that is not their job. They are elected to make policy and be available to their voters. Having an LC avoids exactly the danger of such a professionalisation of the RA - RA mebmers can have absolutely any background whatsoever, since they will all have the technical support they need in the LC. This is even more important in a community where any citizen can submit a Bill. We are in effect saying: dont worry about the technical drafting part, inconsistency with other laws and any other such matters: just give th RA your ideas, sumarise what is to be acheived and how, and then let the LC put it in the right format -with the RA having ultimate control over both content and form, of course.
In short, the LC introduced a differentiation of functions that allows us both to have high-quality, professionally-drafted Bills, and an RA where members need no particular techical expertise and they can rotate relatively quickly, all whilst focusing on policy, openness, acccountabilty and citizen participation.