The king of england ran england while his (the institution) power eroded until he started working for the british parliament/government
the point being, official institutions are not always the strongest in the state, a state can be practically ruled by lawyers while having a functioning government
Let me clarify again because it seems you haven't really understood what I meant.
The british king example is how a country can evolve from one point of power to another over time, while keeping the existing institutions.
When imagining a system of government ruled by lawyers, I see it similar to an organization ruled by lawyers. In such organization/government the leaders are afraid of doing and thus are using lawyers as their excuse not to do anything.
Because of the vacuum of power, essentially the only policies actually being enacted are decided by the lawyers, which is whatever makes their job easier (minimum legal risk, minimum interpretations)
> When imagining a system of government ruled by lawyers, I see it similar to an organization ruled by lawyers. In such organization/government the leaders are afraid of doing and thus are using lawyers as their excuse not to do anything.
My point is you're not describing an organisation ruled by lawyers. You're describing one ruled by nobody.
It would be like me saying organisations led by engineers don't work because if I imagine an organisation where the engineers aren't actually in charge, but someone asks an engineer whenever they don't want to make a decision, it doesn't work.
So, here I don't agree, when no one steps up to take decisions someone will, and in some organization these are lawyers. If the decisions are taken by lawyers, it doesn't matter there's someone that has the title CEO like it doesn't matter that someone has the title King
Others might imagine a parliament system as a system where the lawyers are in control, I don't think that's the case with parliaments
Of course, likewise, the best engineering is to do nothing. All actions have consequences, and while engineers may not look at the exact same consequences as lawyers, they are both equally concerned about consequences.
But sitting back and doing nothing on the basis of their worry wouldn't fly in the real world. If such a hypothetical government existed, the leaders would have to act, else be quickly overthrown. Power is only able to be held if the people want to give it to you.
The king of England doesn’t run Britain in any sense.
American oligarchs exercise more political power than he does.