It was Halloween and she was spending the Saturday afternoon in the library. Hermione was in the midst of researching the history of Gringotts and old goblin laws to gain some perspective on the updated law. Although Hogwarts students had been required to memorize the causes and dates of the various goblin rebellions, she felt like there was more to learn about wizarding politics that wasn’t taught in History of Magic class. Based on some of the past tensions between former Ministers and the Gringotts goblins, it seemed this new statute was also Kingsley’s attempt to rebuild trust between the wizarding and goblin communities. Though many had expected the goblins to side with Voldemort during the War, they had remained distrustful of all wizardkind. Gaining access to vaults for dark artifacts and partial funds could also be viewed as recompense in their eyes.