[HPforGrownups] Re: MoM Court System (was Discussion Summary: GoF/Chapter 30 - "The Pensieve")

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 12166

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:32:17 -0600, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer
<pennylin at swbell.net> wrote:

>I don't think that extreme police action measures in times of war
>necessarily means that there is no established judicial system in a
>given society.  I do see your point that the wizarding system should
>have revisited imprisonment cases instituted during the time of crisis,
>once the crisis was passed.  But, I still don't think it precludes them
>from having an established system. 

Hmm. It is never mentioned in the canon, though. And the fact that
people like Hagrid are sent to Azkaban without listening to them
during "normal" times makes me think that there isn't a well
established system. Ok, the Chamber of Secrets had been opened again
and Hagrid was supposed to be the one who opened it 50 years ago, but
still... Even if there isn't another prison apart from Azkaban (with
the low wizard population in England it should be sufficient), we
never hear of people being taken into custody before they are sent to
Azkaban. I also wonder if what we saw in the Pensieve were really
trials or just something that had become necessary in the aftermath of
Voldemort's downfall.

> The next chapter of ASA has alot to
>say on this (there I go again!  Another shameless plug ...).

Yes, I know. ;) And I'm really looking forward to reading it.

>My feeling was that the courtroom was in this "dungeon" area of the
>MoM.  They aren't just taking statements as part of an investigation.
>Bagman and Crouch Jr. were clearly "on trial" so to speak.

You are the professional, so I have to believe you here. But to me it
didn't quite look right to be a trial.

Monika


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