Wizard Government was Re: Lousy guardians (was Wands and Magic)

[lea.macleod at gmx.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 16034

> > Amy raises an interesting point.  The wizard government is even 
> worse > > than the muggle government in many ways.  
> Their judicial system is horrendous -- people get life sentences in 
> > jail without even a trial, defendents dont seem to get lawyers (on 
> > the other hand the merits of a society without lawyers are 
> obvious), 
> > people get their souls sucked out of them as punishment for their 
> > crimes by a simple order of the Minister, etc.  I think the 
> Ministry of Magic is in desperate need 
> > of reform.
> 
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> I agree, that the judicial system is pretty rough.  However, another 
> perspective is that the main period in issue here is when Voldemort 
> was at the height of his power and the aftermath.  The whole 
> wizarding community was suffering from paranoia, mistrust and 
> hysteria, and it is not surprising that the Ministry reacted in a 
way 
> which is akin to martial law .

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Yes, these Pensieve trials made my hair stand on end! Given the 
unusual martial law situation, they don´t even seem to acknowledge the 
basic rules of a fair trial (defenders, appeals etc.).

I was quite shocked at how calmly Dumbledore takes all this. Moody is 
a law-and-order sheriff, all right, but Dumbledore is the one who 
gives people second chances, so why didn´t he speak up in the name of 
justice? 

On other occasions, he says that the prison system with the Dementors 
doesn´t agree with him at all. Dumbledore knows Fudge is weak and easy 
to influence, so why doesn´t he make use of that?

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> By the way, I hope you didn't mean your comments about lawyers, as I 
> am about to start my training contract in order to be one  myself!
> 
> Catherine

Thanks Catherine for speaking up in the name of all (would-be) 
lawyers! I´m training to be one too, so do you think we should head 
the Commission For The Reform Of Magic Judicial Systems at the 
ministry?

Lea