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08Apr.
2017

Where Exactly Are Monsters Bred? A Response to Judge Wang Tzu-jung

Yü Po-hsiang / Attorney at Law, Standing Executive Committee Member of the JRF

On April 8, 2017, Judge Wang Tzu-jung of the Yunlin District Court published an article in the Apple Daily Forum titled…

08Apr.
2017

Is Someone Like Him a Good Judge?

Hsiao I-min / Director of the Complaint Center, Judicial Reform Foundation

Recently, Judge Wang Tzu-jung published an op-ed stating, "If this isn't abusive evaluation, what is!" citing the…

06Apr.
2017

Proposals for Reforming the Individual Evaluation System

Judicial Reform Foundation

More than five years have passed since the implementation of the individual evaluation system for judges and…

06Apr.
2017

Notes and Commentary: The 3rd Meeting of Division 5, Office of the President's National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform

Ch'en Wei-ch'iao / Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

This meeting lasted approximately four and a half hours, adopting numerous resolutions on topics including "Review of…

06Apr.
2017

Op-Ed: Enacting a Public Prosecutors Office Act to Safeguard Prosecutorial Independence

Yü Po-hsiang / Attorney-at-law, Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Since the inception of the National Conference on Judicial Reform, the debate over whether prosecutors are…

05Apr.
2017

Decriminalization of Minor Offenses as a Method for Judicial Reduction: Defamation, Adultery, and Negligent Injury

Hsu Wei-kung / Associate Professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, College of Law, Chung Yuan Christian University; Standing Executive Committee Member, JRF

Recently, Group 5 of the National Conference on Judicial Reform resolved that the offense of defamation should be…

05Apr.
2017

Commentary | Be Pragmatic Even When Pursuing the Dream Lover of the Jury System

Kao Jung-chih (Executive Director of JRF, Attorney-at-Law)

The author's argument at the public hearing has only one core point: I am neither endorsing the jury system nor…

04Apr.
2017

Op-Ed | Lack of Transparency in Judges Evaluation Impairs Public Trust

Kuo Hao-jen / Attorney-at-Law

Five years have passed since the enactment of the Judges Act, which established the evaluation systems for judges and…

04Apr.
2017

Brief Note: First Ad-hoc Meeting of the Fourth Division of the Presidential Office's National Judicial Reform Conference

Ch'en Wei-ch'iao / Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

The Fourth Division of the Presidential Office's National Conference on Judicial Reform held its first additional…