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1. #Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie sumary how to#
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3. #Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie sumary free#

#Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie sumary how to#

Of course the State has to ensure that the education of its young people is up to scratch, but it doesn’t justify many of the Educational Decrees passed that year- or the refusal to teach Harry and his fellow students how to combat Dark Magic. We see undue interference with Hogwarts too, during Umbridge’s time as High Inquisitor at Hogwarts.

#Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie sumary free#

There aren’t any of the protections of free speech we would expect from our own governments. It makes publicly contradicting the Ministry very difficult if the one well-known paper is being censored – Harry is in fact only left with the Quibbler, which is then immediately banned from Hogwarts. Secondly, it seems to be under significant control from the Ministry of Magic throughout much of the books, especially when many wizards – including Fudge – doubt the truth of Harry and Dumbledore’s story that Voldemort has returned and are determined to ignore the signs that he is back. This is a real problem for different political views being represented in the wizarding world and for ensuring there is proper scrutiny of government. The Quibbler appears to be the Daily Prophet’s only real competition.Ĭontrast the Daily Prophet. For one, it seems to be the only newspaper anybody takes seriously, at least to begin with. It is actually impossible to bring any type of claim in the UK against somebody for something they said in Parliament, because the courts refuse to question anything said there. And political expression is the most heavily protected of all, since it is so incredibly important for democracy and for being able to criticise the government. Obviously most states put some limits on this freedom for reasons of state security or to prevent the encouragement of crimes, but these limits are strictly monitored by constitutional or international courts – and of course the people. The ability to contribute to debate in society is the foundation of democracy, and protecting everybody’s right to publish their views is the surest way to make sure that the voices of minorities are heard. The First Amendment of the USA, the Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, Article 10 of the UK’s Human Rights Act, Article 5 of the German Basic Law… there’s hardly a constitution, human rights Act or international agreement on human rights that doesn’t fiercely protect freedom of expression. ““All right, Fudge is leaning on the Prophet…”” Rita Skeeter’s means of getting information would surely have been condemned by the Leveson Report.

#Harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie sumary series#

It is a good study in how not to organise a state, and it’s through using examples from the series that we can really begin to understand how important it is that executive and legislative power is controlled by and accountable to the people, and that there are limits on what power it can have over us.

This lack of control on the Ministry is arguably what makes it so easy to infiltrate and take over without the wizarding community realising or having an opportunity to protest, but is also a problem much earlier in the Harry Potter series. In JK Rowling’s famous books, the Ministry of Magic has an incredible amount of power with very few ways of ensuring it is used properly.

This is the norm across most of the world now, but it is not unfortunately the position for someone we all know very well. We assume that we can vote for our representative in the national Parliament, that any time we are accused of a crime that the State will give us a fair hearing and that if we are found guilty the punishment will be reasonable.