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Conference Paper: Oath of Allegiance - Law or Politics?
Title | Oath of Allegiance - Law or Politics? |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. |
Citation | Workshop on Oath, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 9 November 2017 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper provides a historical review of the institution of oath, arguing that the oath of allegiance has always been political in nature and is inimical to free speech, and that the court has failed to properly appreciated the nature of oath in balancing the importance of the right to elected office and the consequences of failure to take an oath in the recent oath cases. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/259913 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, JMM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-03T04:16:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-03T04:16:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Workshop on Oath, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 9 November 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/259913 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper provides a historical review of the institution of oath, arguing that the oath of allegiance has always been political in nature and is inimical to free speech, and that the court has failed to properly appreciated the nature of oath in balancing the importance of the right to elected office and the consequences of failure to take an oath in the recent oath cases. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Workshop on Oath, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Oath of Allegiance - Law or Politics? | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, JMM: johannes@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, JMM=rp01292 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 289410 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |