From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:36:43 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Charles Ellson  wrote:   
   >>On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:00:51 +0000 (UTC), John Levine  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>The Canadian legal system only separated from the British in the 20th   
   >>>>>century, so there really are significant differences from US practice.   
   >>>>>As a trivial example, lawyers still wear wigs and robes in court.   
   >>>>>(I've seen them.)   
   >   
   >>>>Robes yes, wigs no.   
   >   
   >>>A few years back when I was at the Ottawa City Hall, they sure seemed   
   >>>to have something made of other creatures' hair on their heads.   
   >   
   >>Abolished at varying dates in different provinces apparently although   
   >>possibly still worn for ceremonial purposes. Wigs (and gowns etc.) IMU   
   >>have also tended to disappear from non-criminal courts in various   
   >>other jurisdictions if not also in criminal courts :-   
   >>http://php2.pearsoncanada.ca/highered/inthenews/legal_matters/   
   014/03/01/do-judges-and-lawyers-really-wear-wigs/   
   >   
   >I was reading that Ghana keeps the old traditions alive, even though it's   
   >not a costume anyone in his right mind would design for African climates.   
   >   
   Maybe like some Arab forms of dress the gowns allow something cooler   
   underneath without it mattering so much what it looks like from the   
   outside.   
      
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