petrification and lawsuits

[blenberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 33463

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "babelfisherperson" 
<babelfisherperson at y...> wrote:
> 
> I imagine it would be rather difficult to sue Hogwarts. The first 
> obstacle would be convincing any judge in England that the place 
> *exists*. Good luck on that front. Hopefully, all they would do 
would 
> be to toss the case out, and not recommend that you be committed. 
> Especially given that the suit would be about your son or daughter 
> being turned to stone by a giant snake. :P


Does this mean there is no legal recourse in the wizarding world?  
Surely there is some kind of judicial system, since we know they have 
laws.

A related question, since the subject came up:  I wondered as I read 
CoS... are mandrakes that rare that no mature ones could be acquired 
for months, from anywhere?  I just wondered why Madame Pomfrey, Snape 
or Dumbledore didn't send for some from Diagon Alley, so that the 
stricken students didn't have to spend most of a term petrified.  


Barbara