If he be convicted he shall be deprived of his honours, and if the accuser do not obtain a fifth part of the votes, he shall pay a fine according to his class.
What is called the judgment of Rhadamanthus is suited to 'ages of faith,' but not to our days.

He knew that his contemporaries believed in the Gods, for many of them were the sons of Gods; and he thought that the easiest and surest method of ending litigation was to commit the decision to Heaven.

In our own day, men either deny the existence of Gods or their care of men, or maintain that they may be bribed by attentions and gifts; and the procedure of Rhadamanthus would therefore be out of date.

When the religious ideas of mankind change, their laws should also change.

Thus oaths should no longer be taken from plaintiff and defendant; simple statements of affirmation and denial should be substituted.