[HPforGrownups] Re: WW law

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

No: HPFGUIDX 71216

On 7/17/2003 10:47 PM, Mark D. wrote:

> The whole hearing left a bad taste in my mouth. Are you sating that 
> in the UK the judge can change the time of a hearing w/o notifying 
> the accused? The accused does not have the right to counsel and the 
> judge could decide against him by merely calling him a liar?

Harry was notified -- an owl was sent but they left before it arrived. 
That was just a 'creative' way of using legal procedures ;-)
And _technically_ it was a disciplinary hearing not a felony case.
I belive, that every law, even the one most fair, can be used to achieve 
unfair results.

> Fudge's administration seems full of favoritism, descrimination, and 
> outright bribery. Are there no checks and balences against a MoM from 
> outright trading favors for gold? (See Lucius Malfoy)

Well, that fits the overall view of WW as a 19th century culture.

> I realize that according to the Potterverse we American are not 
> considered smart enough to figure out what a Philosophers Stone is, 
> but I feel our government makes a littlre more sense.

No offence, but I'll gladly dispel myth of US as a best democracy in the 
world. (Of course on OT-Chatter list).

Regards,
Pshemekan