Constitutional oath of judges: a comparison with Australia, UK, US, and India

• Main Authors: Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Ramalingam, Chithra Latha, Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/93794/2/1Certificate%20of%20Parallel_26th%20and%2027th%20Oct%202021-22.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/93794/10/93794_Constitutional%20oath%20of%20judges%20a%20comparison.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/93794/16/Constitutional%20Oath%20of%20Judges%20-%20A%20Comparison%20with%20Australia%2C%20UK%2C%20US%2C%20and%20India.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/93794/

The written record of a judiciary oath can be traced as way back as ancient Greece, from Homer to Hesiod to Plate and it was more often than not associated with perjury . Hence oath was seen to be more closely related in law than religion. St Thomas Aquinas stated that “an oath is a reverence for the name of God is taken in confirmation of a promise. Hence what is confirmed by oath does not, for this reason, become an act of religion