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11Oct.
2005

Prosecutors, Judges, and Attorneys Should Be Examined and Trained Together!

Chu Chi-wen / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding the appointment of judges, the bipartisan consensus is to encourage the transition of attorneys into judges.…

05Oct.
2005

Giving the People a Good Judge: Judges Act Advanced to the Legislative Yuan Press Conference

Judges Act Promotion Alliance

Today, the Judges Act Promotion Alliance held a press conference to announce the nongovernmental version of the draft…

21Sep.
2005

A Judiciary Courageous in Accepting Oversight: Press Conference on the Results of the Taipei Jurist Association (Mutual Evaluation Among Judges, Prosecutors, and Defense Attorneys)

Taiwan Taipei District Court, Taipei District Prosecutors Office, Taipei Bar Association, Judicial Reform Foundation

As early as 1992 (ROC Year 81), the late Lin Min-sheng (林敏生), former chairperson of the Taipei Bar Association,…

07Sep.
2005

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding Recent Judicial Integrity Scandals

Judicial Reform Foundation

According to reports, former Yunlin District Prosecutors Office prosecutor Hsu Wei-yu (徐維嶽), who previously handled the…

29Aug.
2005

The Litigation System is the Root Cause of Unreasonable Judgments

Hsu Li-hsin (徐立信) / Working Committee Member of the JRF, Attorney-at-Law

Recently, the Taiwan High Court's civil division ruling on the heavy damages in the "glass doll" accidental death case…

17Aug.
2005

Donation Ceremony for Inspection (Recount) Fees in the Invalid Election Lawsuit

Judicial Reform Foundation

This morning (the 17th) at 10:00 AM, in the meeting room of the Taiwan Bar Association, the Judicial Reform Foundation…

15Jul.
2005

Do Judges Who Break the Law Escape the Punishment Faced by Ordinary Citizens?

Chien Tzu-chao / Executive Secretary of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Recently, newspapers reported that Chang Ping-lung (張炳龍), a judge at the Taiwan High Court, was accused of accepting…

17Jun.
2005

Statement by the Judicial Reform Foundation Regarding the Supreme Court Judgment on the Lawsuit for Annulment of Election Results

Judicial Reform Foundation

This morning, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on the presidential and vice-presidential election annulment…

16Jun.
2005

Tears Beneath the Bells of Death Ridge

Huang Ta-yuan (黃達元) / Working Committee Member and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

A vast number of criminal judgments still rely on police interrogation records as the basis for adjudication; it is no…