HOW MANY DISSERTATIONS ARE BEING DEFENDED IN JURISPRUDENCE? (STATISTICAL RESEARCH)
The article presents the results of statistical examination concerning the number of dissertation being defended in legal science. The examination has been done on the basis of counting the number of announcements on the official website of Supreme Attestation Commission (http://vak.ed.gov.ru). The author provides digital data that allow to evaluate the popularity of various juridical specializations among post-graduate students, to compare average workload on dissertation councils on various specialties, and to reveal tendencies of change of dissertation quantity for the last three years. The data provided in the article can be used for assessment of the processes happening in jurisprudence