So I'm writing a book on the VE British legal system (It was my PhD
-#tryingtostayacademicallyrelevant) and making the most of the pandemic to do it and I got lost in a thought hole about the magical legal system.
Should be clear - This is a purely out of interest discussion on how other people see the magical legal system working.
So the UK has solicitors and barristers – solicitors do work outside of a courtroom (normally), although many solicitors have what is called ‘Right of audience’ which is the right to appear and deal with the court on their clients behalf for minor charges (usually to the height of the magistrates courts)
A barrister is someone who can defend or prosecute someone in the upper courts (High Court, Supreme court etc) and these would be for more serious charges like murder. Barristers take their brief from solicitors, but the barrister will do the actual arguing in court. The UK also has what is called a QC, which is usually a very senior barrister. Both barristers and QC’s wear special black gowns and wigs to appear in court, QC’s are made of silk meaning they are often referred to as ‘silks’
QC was named such because the Crown was ultimate arbitrator and the royal made the final decision on guilt v innocence (technically). And so the person who spoke with experience for the guilt or innocence of a person in court was a member of the queens counsel (KC if there is a King)
Since wizards advocate before Wizengemot rather than a traditional court room, and the Minister of magic is the ultimate arbiter- would wizards have MC (Ministers Counsel) rather than QC?
Most commonwealth countries still have some variant of this system even if they no longer recognise the queen as the head of state, so it would stand to reason that the magical world uses some variant.
The Wizengemot seems more like a High Court or Supreme court - surely they are not getting involved in every minor theft or small infraction? I know in the books it's commented on that it's ridiculous that using magic to reasonably defend yourself needed the whole wizengemots attentions.
The wiki says some things are handled by a single investigator but there is no evidence of this in the book and doesnt seem to make sense sitting next to other elements. So do Wizards have a normal court system as well? With regular judges who deal with the magistrates courts stuff? Or like a lower level of Wizengemot who do the lower level stuff. It would make sense that people serve there before being elevated to the Wizengemot.
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-#tryingtostayacademicallyrelevant) and making the most of the pandemic to do it and I got lost in a thought hole about the magical legal system.
Should be clear - This is a purely out of interest discussion on how other people see the magical legal system working.
So the UK has solicitors and barristers – solicitors do work outside of a courtroom (normally), although many solicitors have what is called ‘Right of audience’ which is the right to appear and deal with the court on their clients behalf for minor charges (usually to the height of the magistrates courts)
A barrister is someone who can defend or prosecute someone in the upper courts (High Court, Supreme court etc) and these would be for more serious charges like murder. Barristers take their brief from solicitors, but the barrister will do the actual arguing in court. The UK also has what is called a QC, which is usually a very senior barrister. Both barristers and QC’s wear special black gowns and wigs to appear in court, QC’s are made of silk meaning they are often referred to as ‘silks’
QC was named such because the Crown was ultimate arbitrator and the royal made the final decision on guilt v innocence (technically). And so the person who spoke with experience for the guilt or innocence of a person in court was a member of the queens counsel (KC if there is a King)
Since wizards advocate before Wizengemot rather than a traditional court room, and the Minister of magic is the ultimate arbiter- would wizards have MC (Ministers Counsel) rather than QC?
Most commonwealth countries still have some variant of this system even if they no longer recognise the queen as the head of state, so it would stand to reason that the magical world uses some variant.
The Wizengemot seems more like a High Court or Supreme court - surely they are not getting involved in every minor theft or small infraction? I know in the books it's commented on that it's ridiculous that using magic to reasonably defend yourself needed the whole wizengemots attentions.
The wiki says some things are handled by a single investigator but there is no evidence of this in the book and doesnt seem to make sense sitting next to other elements. So do Wizards have a normal court system as well? With regular judges who deal with the magistrates courts stuff? Or like a lower level of Wizengemot who do the lower level stuff. It would make sense that people serve there before being elevated to the Wizengemot.
Behold the Awesome of Stefanie!