Chapter Discussion: Chapter Sixteen, Goblet of Fire: The Goblet of Fire

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 192254

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:

Cheryl: 
> > Not only was this contract a fraud, Harry was underage so he couldn't sign a binding contract. If that's not true under Wizarding law, then there is something fundamentally wrong with Wizarding law.

Pippin:
> Of course there is something fundamentally wrong with Wizarding law -- many things, in fact..
  
> The characters themselves recognize it. The laws of the  wizarding world allow the strong to treat the weak, including their own children, with brutality and disregard, and revolts like the one being led by Voldemort are the result.

Geoff:
I seem to recall that, at various times in the past, contributors to this group 
have suggested that the Wizarding World is reminiscent of the UK in the 
Middle Ages in its attitudes towards the disadvantaged, the weak and, in 
contrast, to the aristocracy (ie purebloods) and powerful.

Would this fit your views? Or do you see different reasons?