海外文化:法官的假发是用来吓人的_英美文化

海外文化:法官的假发是用来吓人的

A centuries-old tradition of wearing a white horse-hair wig in court ended for many judges when a simpler new dress code came into force.

一项更为简便的新着装规范开始实行，对许多法官而言，延续数百年在法庭上戴白色马尾假发的传统就此结束。

While judges in criminal cases will still wear them, those in civil and family hearings will appear bare-headed in court, wearing a new-style plain black robe, the British government said.

英国政府称，审理刑事案件的法官仍将戴假发，而那些民事案和家庭听证案的法官将不戴假发出庭，只穿一种简单的新式黑袍。

After a long debate, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Philips, head of the judiciary in England and Wales, finally ordered the changes in an attempt to modernise the courts.

在长时间的辩论之后，英国高等法院王座庭庭长菲利普斯勋爵——英格兰和威尔士的最高司法长官——最终下令做出这些改变，以使法庭现代化。

Wigs have been an emblem of the British legal system since the 17th century when the fashion for wearing them in wider society filtered through to the courts. For hundreds of years before the reign of Charles II, judges and lawyers were expected to come to court with short hair and a beard.