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The Wizengamot and related bodies

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:42:00 GMT

Posted by: sunnyskywalker

I've been trying to figure out how the wizarding legislative/judicial branch works, with little luck. In a way, this is actually realistic; anyone who's ever tried to sort through how the various commissions and committees and departments and offices and programs etc. of a large government are related has probably had similar moments of bafflement. But I'd still like a semi-coherent picture of the government of wizarding Britain.

We know that the Wizengamot passes laws, so they're sometimes a parliament (apparently unicameral). But they also apparently act as the highest court. Being tried by "the full Wizengamot" is a big deal.

So far, so good. But here the neat Wizarding Branches of Government for Kids version breaks down.( Read more... )

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Harry Potter Abridged! OotP Chapter 29

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:58:00 GMT

Posted by: sweettalkeress.livejournal.com

( Read Chapter 29 )
*A/N: You know, when you read this without the Harry filter to tell you that Harry would make a good auror, it really does seem like that's what's happening.

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Harry Potter Abridged! OotP Chapter 9

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:46:00 GMT

Posted by: sweettalkeress.livejournal.com

This ought to be good….

( Read Chapter 9 )

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Filling some gaps about the first war (part 8)

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:51:00 GMT

Posted by: oryx_leucoryx

The only new name of a DE Igor was able to provide was that of Augustus Rookwood, the spy within the Ministry. Yet this information was sufficient for Crouch to release Igor, an admitted participant of the raid in which the McKinnons died. ( Read more... )

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Filling some gaps about the first war (part 3)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:21:00 GMT

Posted by: oryx_leucoryx

At some point according to Sirius, Tom Riddle showed his true face and as a result he lost the support of mainstream pureblood wizards such as the Blacks. At this stage the war escalated to the situation Sirius described in GOF - weekly attacks (which were now being openly claimed by the DEs by lighting the Dark mark over attack sites) that brought the Ministry into a state of disarray - thus creating the backdrop to Crouch's 'War on Terror' policies. ( Read more... )

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