Despite the magic and charm of Harry Potter, there are still many unsolved mysteries about the legal logic of the wizarding world.
Just like other fantasy series, the success of "Harry Potter" is inseparable from the construction of magic world So charming , more not to mention Harry's magical adventure background needs enough credible degrees .
However, obviously, Even so, this series not everything makes sense. Sometimes laws and regulations made by the Ministry of Magic ask more questions than they answer. To this day, these still haunt many fans.
why love potion is not illegal ?
love potion looks fun in the plot Took Harry's potion , and then temporarily fell in love with Romilda Vane. fans who have read the novel should also know , love potion is also responsible for the birth of Voldemort , his mother Merope used potion to deceive into a muggle Married and made him 's father.
here confusing, seems like doesn't have which wizards think it's immoral , in the muggle world love potion sure will be seen as a major problem , it will remove human abilities like Imperius ( a spell considered unforgivable), the consequences are quite serious. but magic world doesn't seem to have any other regulations for these things.
How was the Minister of Magic chosen?
There are three Ministers of Magic in the entire series:Connelly Fudge,Rufus Scrimgeour and Asylum Sinkness. It is unclear how they became ministers and there is no sign of any election, let alone who is eligible to vote and how.
Rufus Scrimgeour and Asylum Synknis were promoted during the war (Sinkness was Voldemort's puppet) and they may have just been appointed urgently. However, it was also pointed out that Dumbledore was once invited to this position, which means that such an elected may not exist in the wizarding world at all.
Does the wizard have to pay tax ?
Hogwarts is not only free for witches and wizards, but health care seems to be free too, all provided by St Mungo's Hospital. But how exactly does the wizarding world support public service What about the financial system ?
in the movie doesn't have what proves wealthy wizard citizens have to like muggles pay taxes. Old pure-blood families like Malfoy and Bu have huge wealth, theoretically under any social system is want to tax these wealth . If it weren't for like , then the funding of the Ministry of Magic would be a big question mark. Does
Trace (Trace) really work? ? In Deathly Hallows, it is said that all witches and wizards are born with Trace, When they are 17 years old, this Trace disappears, and so that the Ministry of Magic can know if there is any near them Cast any signs of magic .
but doesn't seem to make any sense, there are many instances of Harry doing magic outside of school or around him, like in the cemetery in Goblet of Fire, when he was rescued by Order of the Phoenix , the Ministry of Magic It seems that are not aware of , they are unlikely to miss any chance will accuse Harry . This presumably is a plot hole.
do wizards have to obey muggle laws ?
for a lot of wizards, their life before 11 is totally also is a muggle life. After z89zz89z, muggle-born , and everyone who grew up in muggle family like Harry , lived under wizard law , including secrecy ".
but are they also abide by muggle laws , it's never been clear that they need to follow two sets of laws. Or, memory spells and similar spells, make they have a means of evading muggle laws, isn't that if they want, they can choose to live a permissive, uncontrolled muggle lifestyle What .
Why didn't Wizengamore use Veritaserum or Pensieve ?
Witness played a very important role in Muggle criminal trials. The wizarding world is no exception, Arabella Feige testified in " Order of the Phoenix" witnessed the existence of Dementors helped Harry get his freedom.
But why does Wizengamore only rely on witness testimony? Meditation pots can be used to visualize someone's memories, while Veritaserum will force eaters to tell the truth. Although is set according to the setting, are both manipulable , the recipient can modify their own memory, and use Occlumency to resist Veritaserum , , but this is more than 's general witness lying Much rarer . If uses in these and other ways, will this make it easier for the legal to implement , and it will also make fairer.
Does everyone have the right to a fair trial ?
Everything about the wizarding justice system seems a little dubious, and trials seem to be conducted on the basis of necessity, not 's rut. Sirius was not tried for betraying the Potters and killing Pettigrew, but Harry was only tried at Dumbledore's insistence.
It is possible that the end of the First Wizarding War led to a hasty imprisonment, Connelly Fudge reversed several agreements in an attempt to avoid Harry's trial. It seems more likely that this is just another area of corruption at the Ministry of Magic.
How does the law of secrecy work?
Of all the laws in the wizarding world, none is more important than the law of secrecy To to keep the muggle a secret Wizarding World . Anyone who violates it will be punished by the Ministry of Magic , , in extreme cases, will strip the accused of his wand.
but there are there are countless potential nuances , for example under what circumstances can wizards tell muggle mates about magic ? If someone stumbles across magic , or a muggle tells Another muggle, is this illegal ? How does the wizard know what who broke secrecy laws when ? This is very confusing, especially when is the backbone of the entire wizarding world, this but did not explain clearly . Does
have child protection services ?
Harry was raised by his muggle relative but that doesn't explain why no one is checking his treatment and condition , even when he obviously suffered When the signs of are ignored, no one cares about . This brings up a question from , why doesn't have a department dedicated to child protection? Be aware that harry is not the only one who suffered this treatment young Tom Riddle and Severus Snape also abandoned in an unpleasant environment , If the Ministry of Magic paid more attention to the well-being of their young people, maybe there would not be so many dark wizards .
the wizard are all upright ?
although the wizarding world9z Most of the time, is very heartwarming, but some elements of also make very dark. For example, the use of Dementors as guards in a magic prison, the legality of memory spells, and the fact that the Ministry of Magic can deprive people of the right to use magic who break the law, these are dark.