Lawyers in the Wizard world?

[Sandra Collins]

No: HPFGUIDX 128941

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tamara" 
<buffyeton at y...> wrote:
> Are there lawyers in the wizard world? Harry goes to his "trial" 
> without any representation, no one seems to be around to 
represent 
> Hagrid when he is sent off to Azkaban, or Buckbeat at his trial. 
> 
> Tamara

Hi Tamara,
This is another of those 'overlooked' areas of JKR's Potterworld. I 
think she's trying to create a blend of medieval and modern, but if 
you ask me, that just falls over. You can't un-invent human rights, 
so in a society as potentially wild and dangerous as one which 
harnesses magic, those rights are even more important... I'd 
have thought. I tried airing a few questions about some 
less-developed areas of the wizard world which had occurred to 
me, and got a few unpleasant personal emails in return, so I 
haven' been here for a while.

Sandra (an occasional spectator, now)