[HPforGrownups] WW law

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 71171

>T M Sommers:
>We don't know much about magical law, so we have to base our
>theorizing on muggle law.  As for it being American, the law of
>attempts dates back to before American and English law separated.
>  Of course, there are differences in detail in different
>juridictions, but the basic idea applies throught the common-law
>world (and probably the rest of the world, too).
>
>As for using British law, it would be better, but I don't know
>how to find it.  As far as I know, British statutes aren't even
>codified (Australian statues definitely are not).  I don't even
>know whether common-law crimes have been superceded by statutes.

Many have not.

However, the problem in trying to work out what sort of legal jurisdiction
the WW uses is that there were a number of legal systems in use in Europe.
The English common law system is just one of them. Roman law is another and
was far more influential in Continental Europe. There was also Celtic law,
which survived until the late Middle Ages in Wales and Ireland.

Or of course the WW may use a blend of systems, or one of its own.

>From what we've seen and heard of it, it seems suited to the kind of
bureaucratic and arbitrary government the WW has, being itself bureaucratic
(as we saw from the Pensieve scene and Harry's hearing) and often highly
arbitrary - numerous examples of that.

Cheers

Ffred

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