[HPforGrownups] Re: Umbridge's Great Success as a DADA Teacher

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 77286

feetmadeofclay wrote:
> 
> English Common law requires that the justices be a self-administered 
> body distinguished from the legislative and the executive arms of 
> government.  Fudge may repesent the excutive, Arthur's job may 
> represent the legislative since we know he writes laws even if he 
> doesn't pass them.  I get the feeling bureaucrats like Arthur write 
> the laws, Fudge's team looks them over and they are sent directly to 
> the Queen for official signing.

The Queen has nothing to do with wizarding law.  The decrees emanating 
from the Ministry were signed by Fudge, not the Queen.  And note that 
they were decrees, not laws passed by a legislature.

The wizarding government more resembles that of the Soviet Union than 
it does the UK.  The legislative, executive, and judicial functions 
are all contained in a single organization, with a single head, who is 
simultaneously chief executive, chief legislator, and chief judge. 
Not to mention secret trials in which the accused is not allowed counsel.

> The problem here is that we've never got a clear picture of how the 
> WW is integrated into the english parlimentary system. It is clear 
> that Fudge is Her Majesty's Minister of Magic.  

It is quite clear from the books that the MoM is not connected at all 
with the rest of English government.  The reports in the Prophet 
indicated that some people were shocked that Fudge had told the PM of 
Sirius's escape.  Obviously, the PM is aware of the existence of the 
wizarding world, but that must be a very closely held secret--the 
30-year rule does not apply.  Go back as far as you like and you won't 
find a single reference to it in the PRO.