why did judges and lawyers wear wigs in the courtroom?
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It's a sign of age and wisdom.\n\nIt's also intimidating.
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here you go \n\n\nMerchants hawking their "stuff," politicians pushing their agendas, the Media exploiting it all. It seems like there's always someone trying to *pull the wool over our eyes*.\nThe *wool* referred to, however, was once just slang for "hair," synonymous with the powdered wigs worn by gentlemen several centuries ago.\nThe most powerful ones with the most elaborate hairstyles became our first bigwigs. It was then no simple task for a *bigwig* to take an innocent stroll down a city street with young hooligans lurking around every corner. As a malicious act, a joke, or for purpose of thievery, they would often pull the wig (the wool) down over said gentleman's eyes, enabling them to make off with his purse in the process. hope this helps you
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I think it is a lot of reasons.\n\n1) Jealousy-lawyers make a LOT of money.  When you break down an hourly wage, its crazy compared to the average person.\n\n2) A lawyer can take a logical reason and make it illogical.  eg A person commits a murder.  Admits it.  Then the lawyer will give all sorts of reasons to justify the murder so the person isnt penalized as severely.  Or, in the case of laws, they have to assume for so many things it jumbles up the org reason for the law\n\n3) People see lawyers as defending people that have done horrendous things.  Child molesters Murders Terrorists  Under law everone deserves a fair trial...but its darn hard to watch an inempt prosecuter "let" someone get away with something, or watch a defense lawyer defend the wrongful actions of someone and see them get off\n\n4) The bad lawyers are the ones you see most often or hear about.  The corrupt ones.  For every good lawyer, the public remembers the 20 "bad" ones.\n\n5) Lawyers, because of their education and wealth, exude a class system that those who dont have either, resent.  Some of the lawyers seem to look down on those "without" and that furthers the resentment.\n\nDo they deserve the reputation?  As with any generalization...some do, some dont.  :)
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lawyers plastic surgeons
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In the Roman era, soldiers often put decorations on top of their helmets.  These were to make the soldier look bigger and scarier in combat, and I suppose to look good before the cheering crowds back at the forum.  I don't think that they had any particular practical function.
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Affidevit in a court.
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Some ultra-Orthodox or Hasidic women cover their heads with a sheitel. That's a wig. \n\nhttp://www.sheitel.com\n\nhttp://www.sichosinenglish.org/books/kissui-harosh/02.htm\n\nIn some cases, the head is shaven under the sheitel:\n\nhttp://www.shabot6000.com/archive.php?id=57
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Reading facial and body language cues are an essential tool used by law enforcement and judges all the time to determine truthfulness-It is unfortunate that the case was dismissed but I do understand why the judge did it.\nHe was not asking for her to parade around in her underwear just to show her face. Men have to remove their hats, witnesses are not allowed to wear sunglasses without cause while on the stand.\nI think the judge was right.
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They wore powdered wigs because lice and scabies were very very common so they shaved off there hair ahd wore wigs    I found it in my US history book.
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It's impossible to know without knowing the crime or the defendant. Perhaps the defendant was similar to yourself. Prosecutors like to avoid having jurors who can identify with the defendants. Makes for acquittals and hung juries.
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Lawyers represent either the plaintiff or the defendant. Judges decide who wins or loses.
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Because six or twelve jurors decide your fate. Then all of them have to agree. Its called trial by your peers.
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Often it is because the Judge wants to discuss something with the attorneys that they do not wnat the rest of the court to hear, such as warnings to an attorney that they will be charged with contempt if they do not stick to asking questions relevant to the case.\n\nThis happens a lot on T.V. but it almost never happens in a real courtroom.  In fact most of the time the attorney's and defendant(s) are already right in fromt of the bench.  Big trials like you see on T.V. are very rare.
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I didn't know they made wigs for ears. When did that start, is that some new punk thing or something?
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Some court decisions have leaned toward the employer's needs in these cases.  Where the appearance of an employee can reasonably be expected to be acceptable to the general public, the clientele, an employer has the right to decide on an applicant's appearance and whether it might or might not be acceptable to the businesses customers.  \n\nIn reality, everyone is to a large degree hired or not on the basis of appearance and the manner in which they answer questions during the interview, where there is one.  So, this also supports what some of the courts have said.
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the business with the head covering was cultural..in some places prostitutes either shaved their heads or left their heads uncovered. The ideas was to NOT look like the prostitutes in their area....young girls did not cover their heads, but married women did...so if it was an older woman (of marrigae age) and her head was uncovered, then something (bad) was going on with her....so women of marrying age had to do something to keep others from thinking they were prostitutes and shame the community.
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It is a twist on scripture. My wife grew up in the same kind of church, a preachers daughter. If these bunch of legalisms would read the bible they would find out that that scripture ends with, "But we have no such customs in our churches." The original intent of this was concerning the Jewish law where women were supposed to cover their heads as a sign of subservience to God and their husbands. It's pure legalism. I have argued on the hair being a coverings also and how ridiculous this is. If hair is considered a covering, then men can go to church without pants on since we have hair covering our legs. It is legalism plain and simple.