While it's certainly true of quite a few academic texts, I've read quite a lot for which it's not the case. I don't think it's mandatory, particularly for jury

While it's certainly true of quite a few academic texts, I've read quite a lot for which it's not the case. I don't think it's mandatory, particularly for jury approval, rather just a quirk of many academic individuals. Moreover, this is blog post and comments on a blog post: academic juries aren't the intended audience.