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27Jan.
2018

The Quality of Legal Profession Self-Governance Determines the Success or Failure of Judicial Reform

Chiang Jung-hsiang / Practicing Lawyer, Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Judge Lin Chou-fu won the highest votes to be elected as a member of the 4th Judges Evaluation Commission and was…

26Jan.
2018

Deconstructing the Issue of Special Privileges in Correctional Institutions

Lin Wei-ting / Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

Recent media reports of convicted corrupt judge Hu Ching-pin enjoying preferential treatment in an outlying prison and…

22Jan.
2018

A Self-Disciplined and Self-Respecting Judicial Culture Is the Key to Successful Judicial Reform

Huang Jui-hua (Supreme Court Justice), Lin Meng-huang (Taiwan High Court Judge), Ch'en Ch'in-hsien (Tainan District Court Judge)

A person who lies, is suspected of shielding undue lobbying or crimes, or even renders judgments contrary to the law…

20Jan.
2018

Should Corrupt Judges Not Be Paroled?

Lin Wei-ting / Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

Recent media reports revealed that Hu Ching-pin, a judge sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for corruption,…

20Jan.
2018

2018 Hands-On Rule of Law Education: Campus Mock Jury Trial Explanatory Meeting

Judicial Reform Foundation

This project adapts common criminal cases into short courtroom plays, having students divide into groups where one…

17Jan.
2018

2018 Taichung Spring Special Series|Innocence Rescue Project: Public Interest and Human Rights Lectures

Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation

Issues concerning migrant workers, scientific appraisal, death penalty defense, gender, environment, and labor…

17Jan.
2018

Cover-Up Suspect Elected Chairperson: The Judicial Evaluation Committee Becomes a Farce—Judge Lin Chou-fu Should Immediately Resign as an Evaluation Committee Member!

Judicial Reform Foundation

Last Friday (Jan 12), the newly appointed members of the 4th Judges Evaluation Committee held their first meeting,…

10Jan.
2018

Grand Justices, Please Protect the Conscience of the Civil Service System! Press Conference on the Constitutional Interpretation Petition for Tai Li-shen's Dismissal Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

Tai Li-shen blew the whistle on corruption at the Hsinchu County Livestock Disease Control Center and was exempted from…

08Jan.
2018

The Evaluation System for Unfit Judges and Prosecutors is Like a Gilded Sham

Huang Wei-ting / Director, Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation

According to judicial statistics, the Judicial Yuan received a total of 13,766 public petitions over the past two…