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08Jun.
2011

What Can Chiang Kuo-ch'ing's Blood Be Exchanged For?

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Northern Military Court of the Ministry of National Defense held the first preparatory hearing for the retrial of…

24May.
2011

JRF's Statement on the Conclusion of the Investigation into the Chiang Kuo-ch'ing Case

Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding the prosecutors' conclusion of the investigation into the Chiang Kuo-ch'ing case, our foundation expresses…

19May.
2011

President Lai, Has Your Judges Act Become an "Insurance Policy for Judges"?!

Alliance for the Promotion of the Judges and Prosecutors Evaluation Act

On May 16, Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng chaired cross-caucus consultations on the draft Judges Act, which…

12May.
2011

Chiou Ho-shun Case: 23 Years and 11th Remand Trial Guilty Verdict – Defense Counsel Statement

Chiou Ho-shun Case Defense Counsel Team

Today, Presiding Judge Chou Ying-wen, Judge-in-Charge Chan Chun-hung, and Associate Judge Lin Hai-hsiang of the…

29Apr.
2011

Justice by Majority Verdict: An Introduction to the Hong Kong Jury System

Chang Yao-liang (Practicing Barrister and Translator in Hong Kong) / Lin Wei-sheng (Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation)

Hong Kong passed the *Jury and Jurors Regulation Ordinance* in 1845, adopting features of the British criminal justice…

29Apr.
2011

Justice Belongs to the People, and the Courts Belong to the People

Ch'en Ch'uan-yüeh (Former Chairperson, Judicial Reform Foundation)

The core of the judiciary lies in adjudication, and adjudication rests in the hands of judges. The selection of judges…

29Apr.
2011

Taiwan, Are You Ready? ~ Starting from the U.S. Jury System and Empirical Research

Huang Kuo-chang, Associate Research Fellow and Executive Director of the Empirical Legal Research Center, Preparatory Office of the Institute of Law, Academia Sinica

In the twenty-first century today, the jury system remains the most prominent and dazzling feature of the American…

29Apr.
2011

The Democratization and Popularization of the Judiciary: A Discussion of the German Lay Judges (Schöffengericht) System

Ho Lai-chieh, Professor, Department of Law, National Chengchi University

The spirit of the German lay judge system is to enable ordinary citizens to adjudicate cases alongside professional…

29Apr.
2011

Court Organization, Judicial Proceedings, and Case Management: A Discussion of the British Magistrates' Court System

Chen Chao-chun / Associate Professor, Department of Law, National Taipei University

The "magistrates' court system" of England and Wales (hereinafter referred to as England), which utilizes a vast number…