Law, Human Rights and democracy in the Wizarding World

[lazaraspaste]

No: HPFGUIDX 31148

> But before that. As regards Crouch Sr: rereading GoF, I think 
you're 
> probably right to see Crouch in an Ashcroft role. 

Delurking just to put in my two cents. I always felt that Crouch's 
role during the Pensieve trials was far more analogous to Joseph 
McCarthy during the Communist witch hunts of the 1950's or even 
Kenneth Starr. Those trial scenes played for me like a Senate 
Commitee Hearing Investigating Death Eater Activities rather than a 
traditional criminal trial. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but 
I think that in Senate Hearings they have the right to sentence if 
they find someone guilty. Obviously, I have no idea what that 
parallels in the British legal structure are or even if there is a 
parallel. Back to lurking.

Lazaras Paste