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2006
Establishing a New Paradigm for the Exercise of the Legislative Consent Power: The Appointment of the Prosecutor-General as the Litmus Test
Pursuant to Paragraph 7, Article 66 of the newly amended Court Organization Act revised on January 13, the…

2006
Beyond "Doing the Right Thing," Please Also "Do Things Right"—A Court That Detains People Without Issuing a Detention Warrant?
Should a suspect who may abscond be detained? Yes! Should a criminal suspect who may commit another offense be…

2006
"Well-Intentioned, but Misguided": The Expert Lay Judge System and the Citizen Judge System
"Expert lay participation," as the name suggests, involves allowing certain non-legal experts to participate in…

2006
Press Release: A Prosecutor-General Who Vows Allegiance to the People
The amendment to the Court Organization Act was passed on January 13, 2006, and promulgated by the President to take…

2006
Judges Who Lack Self-Respect Fail the Public Trust! The Judges Act Cannot Wait Any Longer! Press Conference
Former Taiwan High Court Presiding Judge Fang A-sheng was detained yesterday (the 23rd) by the Panchiao District Court…

2006
2006 Public Opinion on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure System
To understand the general public's views on the quality of court handling of criminal cases and their opinions on…

2006
Appointing a Prosecutor-General Expected by the People
In the 33rd year of Kuang-hsu in the late Ching dynasty (1907), the Ching government modeled its judicial system on…

2006
Amendments to the Communication Security and Surveillance Act Must Not Roll Back Human Rights!
Human rights organizations highly commend the upcoming second and third readings of the draft amendments to the…

2006
Independent Yet Insular Judiciary: Press Conference on the "Top 10 Judicial News Stories of 2005"
The year 2005 came to a close amidst the brilliant fireworks of Taipei 101 and the gasps of hundreds of thousands of…
