[HPforGrownups] CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquis...

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 94443

elfundeb2 wrote:

e> 1.  According to the Daily Prophet, the High Inquisitor position was 
e> the result of "surprise legislation" passed by the Ministry on a 
e> Sunday night.  Who passed that legislation?  A legislative body?  If 
e> so, who is it composed of?  How is it chosen?  Why wasn't it 
e> mentioned by name?

DaveH47 at mindspring.com replied:

D> JKR has been *very* vague about the structure of Wizard government,
D> and I have to wonder if she in fact knows little about how
D> representative democracy works (Ministries / Government Departments
D> don't "pass legislation" -- Parliament / Congress does), or if she
D> simply hasn't given it enough importance in her grand scheme to
D> think it through.

Ray (me) takes issue:

Actually, at least here in the US, there are many "laws" not made
by Congress.  They are called "Federal Regulations" and are issued
by "the Alphabet Boys", such as IRS, FDA, FCC, and so on (for the 
non-Americans among us, those are the Internal Revenue Service, 
the Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Communications
Commission).  I suspect that the Muggle Parliament treats the WW
as such a regulatory body, with its own "laws", its own courts, and
its own enforcement officers.

  --  Ray


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