Commentary

1235 articles
02Jan.
2014

Do Court Recordings Have "Privacy Rights"? Making It Even Harder to File Complaints Against Incompetent Judges in the Future

Ko I-shan / Attorney-at-Law

The year 2013, which has just faded into history amidst brilliant fireworks, is a year closely intertwined with…

31Dec.
2013

Recent Events at Beijing No. 3 Detention Center

Attorney Ch'ing Shih

Beijing's Third Detention Center, located at No. 5 Tuangui Road, Daxing District in the southern suburbs of Beijing, is…

30Dec.
2013

In Memory of Yang Hsing-sheng

Judicial Reform Foundation

30Dec.
2013

Our Students Are Being Sued One by One

Chu P'ing-tzu / Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Tsing Hua University

The weather is freezing at the end of the year, but the newspaper reports about eighteen students indicted over the…

24Dec.
2013

Who Can the Legal Aid Foundation Help When It Can Hardly Help Itself?

Lin Chen-hsien (Judge, Tainan District Court)

According to reports, when the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee of the Legislative Yuan reviewed the…

23Dec.
2013

Unveiling Prosecutors' "Judicial Officer" Facade

Ts'u-tun Ch'en / Judge and Division Chief, Taiwan High Court

Conventionally in Taiwan, both prosecutors and judges are broadly referred to as "judicial officers," and prosecutors…

17Dec.
2013

The Good Fight Is Not Yet Over

P'eng Wen-cheng / Professor at Graduate Institute of Journalism, National Taiwan University, Director of Hakka Research Center at College of Social Sciences, and Member and Spokesperson of the First Prosecutor Evaluation Commission

Upon leaving the Prosecutor Evaluation Commission, my shoulders felt immensely light, yet my heart was exceedingly…

17Dec.
2013

<p>"Social Legislative Society Commentary" Taiwan's Democracy Has Gone Awry</p>

Ch'ü Hai-yüan / Chairperson, Judicial Reform Foundation

Since the September political strife, the executive, legislative, judicial, and control branches, as well as the…

16Dec.
2013

The Control Yuan Can No Longer Muddy the Waters

Kao Jung-chih / Attorney, Office Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation

The Prosecutors Evaluation Commission resolved to refer the unlawful and abusive Huang Shih-ming and Special…