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26Mar.
2015

Constitutional Interpretation No. 728 Exposes the Grand Justices' Blind Spot on Gender

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Expressed in plain terms, Grand Justices' Constitutional Interpretation No. 728 addresses the issue of ancestral…

26Mar.
2015

No Credit Card Debt Owed, Why Pay Credit Card Debt?! — Real-Case Adapted Story on Payment Orders (Part 1)

Judicial Reform Foundation

Hsiao-Hua applied for a credit card with Bank A in 1999. In September 2000, she lost the card and reported it lost to…

26Mar.
2015

Civil Society Joint Statement: Opposing the Ministry of Justice’s Nomination of Judges Academy President Lin Huei-huang as Grand Justice

Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation, Covenant Watch, Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Taiwan Forever Foundation, Judicial Reform Foundation, Association for Innocence, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Hsinsheng Society

It is reported that the Ministry of Justice will recommend Judges Academy President Lin Huei-huang for the position of…

26Mar.
2015

A Counterattack from the Most Familiar Stranger ~ A Short Story Adapted from Real Judicial Judgments - 4

Judicial Reform Foundation

Hsiao-mei refused to accept this and, pursuant to Subparagraph 13, Paragraph 1, Article 496 of the Code of Civil…

23Mar.
2015

Did the Sunflower Movement Reveal the True Face of the Judiciary?

Ch'en Yü-fan / Deputy Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The civic movement against the black-box Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement began on June 21, 2013, when the…

20Mar.
2015

Taking the Lead in Breaking the Law: Prosecutors Really Are an Indivisible Body

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Recently, the Shihlin District Prosecutors Office searched the Neihu District Office, and Chief Prosecutor Lin…

19Mar.
2015

318 Anniversary Record: People Return to Parliament, Democracy Grows Up—Short Speech by the Volunteer Lawyers Group

Ch'en Yen-chün / Lawyer, 318 Volunteer Lawyers Group

Do friends remember that in the early morning of March 24 last year, a Dr. Wang was beaten on the abdomen by riot…

18Mar.
2015

Stop Making Grand Justices Appointments Based on Spoils Systems

Lin Meng-huang / Judge, Taipei District Court

"Since when did the Judicial Yuan, tasked with constitutional interpretation, become a tax court?" This was stated by…

12Mar.
2015

March 12, 2015: Ministry of Justice's Commemorative Gift for 228

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

With 228 just past, numerous commemorative events have taken place, and transitional justice has once again been…