【缘起】/皇家律师为啥叫Silk

————搬运自维基，有删改————【缘起】Theserieswriter,PeterMoffat,alsowrotetheseriesCriminalJusticeandNorthSquare,aswellasanepisodeofKavanaghQC.Beforetheseriesstarted,Moffatsaidinaninterview,quot;IwantedSilktobefullofpoliticsandintrigue.FrommyexperienceattheBar,Ifeltlifeinchambershadallofthosecomponents,withbigstoriesandlotsofcourtroomdrama—butIwantedtomakeitasmuchaboutbarristersandtheirlifeinchambersasaboutthetrials.Iwanttotellitasitreallyis.Theextremepressure,thehardchoices,theethicaldilemmas,theoverlapbetweenthepersonalandtheprofessional,principlesfoughtforandprinciplessacrificed,theMachiavellianpolitics,thesex,thedrinking,thewholestory—lifeatthebaristherichestpossibledramaterritory.quot;【为啥叫silk】silk是皇家律师（QueensCounsel,QC）的口语化称呼，他们通常在法庭穿特别设计的丝质长袍。【为啥只有3季嘤嘤嘤—见好就收】Silkendedwithseries3becausecreatorMoffatandleadactress,MaxinePeake,werekeentoendatahighpoint.RupertPenry-Jonescommentedthat:quot;It’sacourtroomdramasoitcouldgoonandonandthereisawholeechelonofstuffwecouldgointobutitwillbeinterestingtoseewhatpeoplemakeofthisseriesbecausethewayitisleft,weasacastaren’tsurewhetherit’sbeenwrittenas,Thisisit,orwhetherit’sgotmoretocomebecauseitfeelslikeeveryonegetsblastedindifferentdirectionsattheendofthisseries,somaybethewriterhasthrownagrenadeinandblownthewholeshowup.Butitwillverymuchdependonhowpeoplereacttoitquot;.【QC是啥】部分英联邦王国中资历较深的大律师/讼务律师（barrister）的资格头衔，也可泛指获得此资格的大律师。虽然此称号直译为“女王的（法律）顾问”（男性君主在位时称“国王的（法律）顾问”），但当代的头衔拥有者并无担任王室法律顾问的权利或职责。除了资格较深、职责较高以外，其专业事务和无此头衔的初级大律师本质上无异。王室和其他当事人一样，会雇用事务律师（solicitor）、初级大律师（juniorcounsel）和资深（御用）大律师（seniorcounsel）。【当上QC有多难？】在英格兰和威尔士，QC大概占总数一万多大律师中的10%，想当选QC一般需要至少15年从业经验。每年两次推举，由英国大法官或其他国家的相应官员提名，由君主或君主在该地的代表册封。QC虽不是大律师中的一个正式阶级，但在法庭内会得到特别待遇，如入席，着装（丝质长袍23333）QueensCounsel(postnominalQC),knownasKingsCounsel(postnominalKC)duringthereignofamalesovereign,arejuristsappointedbyletterspatenttobeoneofHer[orHis]MajestysCounsellearnedinthelaw.MembershipexistsinvariousCommonwealthjurisdictionsaroundtheworld,whileinsomeotherjurisdictionsthenamehasbeenreplacedbyonewithoutmonarchicalconnotations,suchasquot;SeniorCounselquot;orquot;SeniorAdvocatequot;.QueensCounselisastatus,conferredbytheCrown,thatisrecognisedbycourts.MembershavetheprivilegeofsittingwithintheBarofcourt.Asmemberswearsilkgownsofaparticulardesign,theawardofQueensorKingsCounselisknowninformallyastakingsilk,andhenceQCsareoftencolloquiallycalledsilks.Appointmentsaremadefromwithinthelegalprofessiononthebasisofmeritratherthanaparticularlevelofexperience.However,successfulapplicantstendtobebarristers,or(inScotland)advocates,orsolicitoradvocateswith15yearsexperienceormore.