OATHS: TO SWEAR OR TO AFFIRM

October 2012

People have been taking oaths for thousands of years, and the issue of affirming as opposed to swearing only really began to arise in the 1600s. The alternative of an affirmation began to be suggested, with one of the first laws explicitly allowing people to affirm rather than swear appearing in England. Affirmation is not an option all over the...

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OATHS: TO SWEAR OR TO AFFIRM

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