Commentary

1235 articles
08Apr.
2014

The Maxim of Due Process: The More Urgent, the More It Must Be Respected

Hsu Yü-hsiu / Former Grand Justice of the Judicial Yuan

The maxim of due process of law: The more urgent and critical the situation, the more one must abide by due process,…

26Mar.
2014

Legal Opinion on Whether International Students Participating in Student Movements Risk Deportation

Lu Shih-wei, Attorney-at-Law / Taiwan Wild Bird Society (Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association), Volunteer Attorney Team against the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement

The current government interprets these regulations through an ideology extremely fearful of social movements. Under…

24Mar.
2014

An Account of the Executive Yuan's Dark Suppression on the Night Of

Li Ch'üan-ho / Attorney, Teacher Li Tse, Attorney for the Volunteer Lawyers' Group Against the Trade-in-Services Agreement Black Box

This is in front of the Executive Yuan in the early morning hours, at the end of the crackdown. The sky is bright, but…

19Mar.
2014

Ten Questions for the Prosecutor-General

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Taiwan Association for Human Rights / Judicial Reform Foundation (民間司改會執行長)

The President nominated current Supreme Prosecutors Office Chief Prosecutor Yen Ta-ho as the Prosecutor-General…

17Mar.
2014

Congressional Perspective—The Communication Security and Surveillance Act Amendment Should Take Effect As Soon As Possible

Chiang Nien-tsu / Assistant Professor, Master's Program in Nonprofit Management, Nanhua University; Legislative Bill Convener for Legislator Ker Chien-ming's Office

After several late-night review sessions in the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee during the fourth…

12Mar.
2014

Plant Closures Case: The CLA's Consistent Shifting of Blame

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

The first winning judgment for closed-plant workers in court means that a judge has finally refused to blindly endorse…

11Mar.
2014

Why the Judiciary is Powerless to Handle the Hung Chung-chiu Case

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, JRF, and Attorney-at-Law

Hannah Arendt wrote in Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil: "There we beheld a gigantic, complex…

05Mar.
2014

Grandma Doesn't Need to Worry About Judicial 228

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

My childhood textbooks contained no mention of the February 28 Incident, nor did the small town where I grew up. One…

04Mar.
2014

<p>〈Congressional Perspective〉Lay Participation in Trials? President Ma, Please Think Twice</p>

Chiang Nien-tsu / Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Nanhua University (Non-Profit Organization Management Program); Legislative Bill Convener, Congressional Office of Legislator Ker Chien-ming

Regarding the "lay participation in trials system," whether Taiwan should adopt the official "lay observation system"…