Commentary

1235 articles
23Oct.
2014

Should Wei Ying-ch'ung Be Handcuffed?

Kao Jung-chih / Attorney-at-Law, Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation

The Ting Hsin Group sold tainted oil, provoking public outrage and a widespread boycott intended to drive them out of…

16Oct.
2014

The Law of the Rich

Kao Jung-chih (Attorney-at-Law, Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation)

The Ting Hsin Group's sale of gutter oil three times in a year has sparked widespread public outrage, leading to calls…

13Oct.
2014

If We Continue to Condone Prosecutors and Police Leaking Information to the Media

Lin Meng-huang / Judge, Law and Citizens Education Foundation

Media reports indicated that the principal offender in a throat-slitting case, who had previously shouted at police…

06Oct.
2014

Whose Experience? Whose Logic?

Lin Chin-yu / Intern Attorney

Today, I read an op-ed by Attorney Lai Fang-yü in Apple Daily sharing a case regarding aiding and abetting fraud.…

06Oct.
2014

Elite Legal Professionals Urged to Take the Two Covenants Seriously

Huang Sung-li, Kao Yung-cheng, Miao Poya (Current and Former Conveners of the Two Covenants Enforcement Supervisory Network, and Legal Affairs Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty)

Some commentators recently argued that Taiwan has not accepted the Two Covenants without reservation, that the content…

01Oct.
2014

Law Is More Than Statutory Provisions

Kao Jung-chih / Attorney and Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The contents of the two Covenants are extensive, and having them all introduced into our country at once inevitably…

25Sep.
2014

The Psychological States of Death Row Inmates and Judges

Kao Jung-chih / Attorney-at-Law, Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation

After all, Taiwan is still a country with the death penalty. Regardless of what laws judges use to sentence someone to…

17Sep.
2014

"Abandoned" to Justice: Court Observation Notes on the Ts'eng Wen-ch'in Case

Huang Wei-t'ing / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

On September 5 of this year, the high-profile "throat-slitting case" held its second-instance oral argument at the…

12Sep.
2014

What Play is the Judge in the Hsieh Yi-han Case Performing?

P'ing Lu / Writer

On September 5, the high-profile Bali double murder case defendant Hsieh Yi-han received her verdict in the second…