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2020
Germany's Act on Identity Cards and Electronic Identification
Germany enacted the completely new Act on Identity Cards and Electronic Identification in 2009, consisting of 35…

2020
Alliance Press Conference: Lay Judges Act Should Not Be Haughtily Legislated Before a Bipartisan Consensus is Reached
On May 8, the Alliance for the Simultaneous Trial and Implementation of Lay Participation Systems petitioned at the…
2020
The Distance Between Superiors and Brutal Police: Observations on the Oral Argument Hearing of the March 24 Private Prosecution Case
In March 2014, crowds in black clothes inside MRT cars, banners of various colors, and shoulder-to-shoulder Ch'ing-tao…

2020
President Tsai, Can Judicial Reform Spread Its Wings Like an Eagle?
Whether a nation can be great depends on whether those with decision-making power have a forward-looking vision, are…

2020
Trial by Jury and Lay Participation Do Not Need a Showdown and Can Coexist Peacefully
Since late April, the debate over whether to only trial lay participation or to simultaneously trial both jury and lay…

2020
Public Hearing on the Disciplinary Case against Prosecutor Chen Lung-hsiang in the Disciplinary Court of the Judicial Yuan – Court Observation of the Disciplinary Case against Prosecutor Chen Lung-hsiang (Part III)
The disciplinary case against Prosecutor Chen Lung-hsiang, which sparked a dispute between the Control Yuan's oversight…
2020
How to Help Yourself When Cases Are Delayed? The Judges Act Self-Help Manual: Case Delays
First, let readers imagine the following scenario: What if an indictment is submitted to the prosecutors' office and…

2020
"Hong Kong National Security Law" Ends Hong Kong's Autonomy! Civil Society Organizations Jointly Condemn Authoritarian China and Call for the Implementation of an Asylum Mechanism for Hongkongers
As the one-year anniversary of the anti-extradition bill movement approaches, the situation in China and Hong Kong has…

2020
The Judicial Yuan's Straw Man
One of the Judicial Yuan's primary reasons for rejecting the jury system is that it would be severely unconstitutional…
