Modernising the Monarchy: The Oaths of Office

According to laws deriving from the constitutional developments of the seventeenth century and earlier, a new monarch of the UK has to swear oaths that renounce Roman Catholicism and uphold protestantism in the UK, presbyterianism in Scotland and the privileged established status of the Church of England. If the next monarchical succession is to be as smooth as the governmental succession of 2010 these anachronistic oaths should be considered for abolition and the whole procedure should be reviewed. There remains then only one oath requiring to be administered at the coronation to which all can agree—to govern according to the law.     

誓与法

法律上的“誓”最早与话语、诅咒相联系 ,具有法人类学的意义 ,它体现了原始宗教与秩序的关系、信仰与法律制度的关系 ,在西方法律文化传统中 ,“誓”所映现的正是关于法律神圣的古老理念。中国古代儒法文化中“约”的概念是原始宗教意义上的“誓”在道德精神上蜕变 ,是一种超越制度的道德阐释。较之中国 ,“誓”对西方法文化的影响更为深远     

对我国建立公务员就职宣誓制度的思考

就职宣誓是公务员就职前一个重要的程序,世界上很多国家都已经建立了公务员就职宣誓制度,然而我国到目前为止还没有在相关的法律文件提出建立公务员就职宣誓制度。文章从建立公务员就职宣誓制度的必要性、重要性和可行性这三个角度进行了分析。