Breaking Magical Contracts

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 97121

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Robert Jones"
<jones.r.h.j at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
> wrote: Bobby, I think you're assuming a lot to say a 'binding 
> magical contract' is the same thing as a Muggle contract, and a 
> typically Western Muggle contract at that. 
> 
> Bobby: Actually I wasn't bringing in muggle contract law, but just 
> common sense.  If JKR is going to bring in something 
> so "counterintuitive" (to use Jim Ferer's term) as to obligate Harry 
> for something he didn't volunteer for, I would think she would offer 
> some explanation of why -- and I think we all agree she didn't do 
> that.
> 
> Bobby Jones

imamommy:

Ok, what if we consider this a type of magical forgery?  The Goblet
does not neccessarily know who put Harry's name in, only that it was
his name.  Even if it might normally, Crouch!Moody tells us himself
that the Gob was Confounded.  (Notice how he keeps telling us what
he's actually doing?)  If someone steals my credit card, maxes it out,
and I can't prove it wasn't me (Harry only has his word, and only DD
believes he didn't put his name in, anyway) I'm going to have to pay
for a lot of stuff I didn't buy.  

My two knuts
imamommy