Ministry jurisdiction(s) was; Thoughts on Hagrid's wand

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48137

Brenda Wenelken states;

>> was under the impression that the Ministry of Magic was just that, the 
Ministry of Magic, all inclusive, not just for Britain.  It was never called 
the MOM-Britain.  

Another point,  I felt the headmaster/mistress of schools from the other 
countries seemed to be under the jurisidiction/control of Crouch, Fudge, 
Bagman, et al during the TWT, and remember Karkoroff being questioned during 
the reign of VM - surely if the MOM was just for Britain he would have been 
questioned in his own country under their MOM. <<

As to whether other Ministries exist; The MoM for Bulgaria was with Fudge at 
the World Cup. So clearly the British Ministry does not represent all of 
Europe. Otoh, Fudge accepted the Cup for Ireland, so the British Ministry 
does not represent only the modern-day UK. I suspect that the Ministry 
jurisdictions do not exactly match the current political boundaries of Muggle 
governments, but that there is at least some similarity to them.

As to the Death Eater trials; I suspect that these were a complex business 
undertaken under a combination of jurisdictions, possibly hosted in Britian. 
Or, given the basicaly anarchic structure of wizarding society, a DE may have 
had to stand more than one trial if their alleged activities took place in 
different Ministry's jurisdictions. Karkarof's trial appears to have dealt 
primarily with crimes which took place in Britian, and virtually all of the 
names he gave the court are presumed to be those of English wizards. (Doholov 
may have been a resident alien.)

-JOdel