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10Nov.
1999

Top-Heavy Budgets Neglect Judicial Reform Projects: A Comprehensive Review of the Judicial Yuan's Outlay Budget for the Central Government General Budget in Fiscal Year 1999

Judicial Reform Foundation

Through the joint efforts of civil society and the official sector, the judicial budget was separated from the…

31Oct.
1999

1999 Court Observation Report

Judicial Reform Foundation

Entering its fourth year, the court observation project conducted by the Judicial Reform Foundation has relied on…

15Aug.
1999

On the Origin of Deliberating the Codification of the Indictment-Only Principle and Its Complementary Systems, Together with the Necessity and Explanatory Notes of Proposed Provisions for Incorporating Fundamental Criminal Human Rights into the Constitution

Lin Ming-te

Our country's current Code of Criminal Procedure was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and entered into effect on July 1…

15Aug.
1999

What is Mandatory Defense During Investigation

Chan Wen-kai / Attorney-at-Law

According to Article 31, Paragraph 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for offenses carrying a minimum sentence of…

15Aug.
1999

General Explanation of the Citizens' Draft Amendments to the Additional Articles of the Constitution (1999)

Judicial Reform Foundation

To promote judicial reform, the Judicial Reform Foundation specially invited scholars, experts, and attorneys to…

14Aug.
1999

The Significance of Incorporating Fundamental Criminal Rights into the Constitution

Kuo Li-hsiung, Attorney-at-Law

In Taiwan, I am uncertain whether the belief that "freedom and human rights are indispensable values in human society"…

15Jun.
1999

Pao-Ch'ing-T'ien or Judges? — Mobilizing the Public for Judicial Reform: "Public Voices Series"

Chan Wen-kai / Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

Is justice equivalent to the truth? Is finding the absolute truth the same as finding justice? Although "discovering…

15Jun.
1999

Lawyers Must Not Be Absent from Reform—National Mobilization for Judicial Reform "Voices for All Series"

Huang Hsü-t'ien / Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-at-Law

In recent years, judicial trial procedures have been delayed, the quality of judgments has been uneven, and rumors of…

15Jun.
1999

Women and the Judiciary—Mobilizing the Public for Judicial Reform (Voice of the People Series)

Hsu Chia-ch'ing / Secretary-General, Taipei Women's Association for Promotion of Rights

In Taiwan, traditionally dominated by authoritarianism and male-centric perspectives, erroneous gender stereotypes and…