The colours were violet for winter and green in summer, with scarlet for best, but the last mention of green robes dates back to So after , the correctly-dressed judge would have worn a black robe faced with miniver a light-coloured fur in winter, and violet or scarlet robes, faced with shot-pink taffeta, in summer. A black girdle, or cincture, was worn with all robes.
By the mid-eighteenth century, the rules of were not being stuck to as strictly as the author might have hoped. A less formal version of the robes — a scarlet robe, black scarf and scarlet casting-hood also known as a tippet or stole — was used for criminal trials, and for civil trials some judges had begun to wear a black silk gown. When sitting in Westminster Hall — at the time the home of the courts of law — the mantle was not worn; this was now saved for ceremonial wear. And grey taffeta was becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to the pink taffeta used on summer robes.
Plain linen bands began to be worn at the neck, in place of the ruffs associated with Queen Elizabeth I. These were originally wide collars, but by the s had become what we see today: two rectangles of linen, tied at the throat. Bands are still usually worn with a winged collar, rather than the turn-down collar seen on a typical shirt today.
Sometimes changes to the court structure itself have had a major effect on what is worn by judges. There was also a steady trade that involved living people who sold their long hair for wigs, though horsehair remained the ideal.
But why did powdered wigs come on the fashion scene in the first place? Why top one's head with an itchy, sweat-inducing mass of artificial curls? Blame it on syphilis. Wigs began to catch on in the late 16th century when an increasing number of people in Europe were contracting the STD. Without widespread treatment with antibiotics Sir Alexander Fleming didn't discover penicillin , the treatment for syphilis, until , people with syphilis were plagued by rashes, blindness, dementia, open sores and hair loss.
The hair loss was particularly problematic in social circles. Long hair was all the rage, and premature balding was a dead giveaway that someone had contracted syphilis. Wigs, when not used to cover syphilis-related hair loss, were a big help for those who had lice. After all, it was much more difficult to treat and pick through the hair on one's head than it was to sanitize a wig. During his reign from to , the Sun King disguised his prematurely balding scalp — historians believe it was caused by syphilis — by wearing a wig.
In doing so, he started a trend that was widely followed by the European upper- and middle-class, including his cousin, Charles II, the King of England also rumored to have contracted syphilis , who reigned from to Although aristocrats and those who wished to remain in good social standing were quick to adopt the practice of wearing wigs, English courtrooms were slower to act.
In the early s, judicial portraits still showed a natural, no-wig look. By , however, full, shoulder-length wigs had become part of the proper court dress. Over time, wigs fell out of fashion with society as a whole. During the reign of England's King George III, from to , wigs were worn by only a few — namely bishops, coachmen and those in the legal profession.
And bishops were permitted to stop wearing them in the s. But the courts kept wigs for hundreds of years more. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronize the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking.
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You May Also Like. Grid Circle. Grid triangle. Loading More Content. Depicting elements of the kauri tree in the fabric symbolises the strength of the commitment to the rule of law in New Zealand and the role of the courts as a shelter for all people under the law.
Photo by Lyn Eden. From that date, the English way of thinking about law and English legal institutions exerted a profound influence over New Zealand law. The use of a poutama design on the judicial gown symbolises that those who wear the robe have attained advancement in the law. On each shoulder there is a shoulder flash depicting three kete baskets sitting on a bed of ferns. Each kete contains different dimensions of knowledge. There he retrieved three baskets of knowledge: te kete-tuatea basket of light , te kete-tuauri basket of darkness and te kete-aronui basket of pursuit.
There are several interpretations of what each basket represents. The imagery of three kete has been captured on the judicial gown to symbolise the bodies of knowledge that judges must draw upon in their task. The knowledge of past judgments and the place of precedent and consistent decision making in the law; knowledge of the current law and its application to the case before the judge; and the knowledge of each judgment for the future development of the law.
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