John Toohey; “Without Fear or Favour, Affection or Ill-Will’: The Role of Courts in the Community” (1999):
“The judicial oath, requiring judges to dispense justice to all ‘without fear or favour; affection or ill-will’, can be traced to a statute enacted during the reign of Edward III in 1346. This article, which was first delivered as a public lecture in Perth in April 1998, reflects on the continuing importance of the oath for judges today.”