FictionOnlyReader
I've always been confused by the fact that Rookwood was sent to Azkaban. And not thrown out of the veil in accordance with the laws of the most secret department of the Ministry. Do you remember any movie about the hero of a Secret Service officer? James Bond? G.I.Joe, at least the "fight club" rule or... Remember the "Godfather"? Have you guessed the parallels? Betrayal = death. So how did Rookwood end up on trial? and went to jail?Why didn't his own people, the Unspeakable, punish this guy according to their own laws? I doubt that an open trial is being held against traitors of secret agencies.
A good note about the laws, I really believe that the law of the Harry Potter world is based on English laws with the appropriate cultural and magical adaptations but I think the options should be to tell the truth or keep silent, lie or withhold information before a jury would already become another crime (at least it should!) so I think it would be a way to validate a statement if the person chose to take the potion or use other invented methods to prove that the individual is telling the truth (they are magicians they should be able to create spells for that purpose)
Sargon37:I think that it would fall under what the English call the "Right to silence", which guarantees that a person can refuse questions from law enforcement. It SHOULD be part of wizarding law seeing as it was included before the Statue of Secrecy in 1689.
One criticism I have (not against the author of the fan fic but against the original author of Harry Potter) why wizards don't build and live in their own wizarding towns or condominiums? What would be the logic of living constantly worried about hiding when it's so much easier to build a walled condominium exclusively for magicians? Since even pure-blood wizards who are disgusted by Muggles live next to them, it just doesn't make sense! Even if a Muggle-born or mixed-blood does not have a constant need to be around Muggle relatives, it would suffice to buy a car and visit relatives using normal methods every now and then. Thanks for the chapter!