Commentary
2011
Citizen Participation in Trials "From the Bottom Up": The Selection, Rights, and Obligations of Japan's Saibanin
As French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville stated in his monumental work Democracy in America: "To consider the jury…
2011
Justice Belongs to the People, and the Courts Belong to the People
The core of the judiciary lies in adjudication, and adjudication rests in the hands of judges. The selection of judges…
2011
Taiwan, Are You Ready? ～ Starting from the U.S. Jury System and Empirical Research
In the twenty-first century today, the jury system remains the most prominent and dazzling feature of the American…
2011
The Democratization and Popularization of the Judiciary: A Discussion of the German Lay Judges (Schöffengericht) System
The spirit of the German lay judge system is to enable ordinary citizens to adjudicate cases alongside professional…
2011
Post-Event Press Release｜Reviewing the Cross-Strait Judicial Mutual Assistance Agreement—Starting from the Deportation Incident to the Philippines Seminar
Recently, the Philippine government extradited 14 ROC citizens suspected of fraud to China, raising human rights…
2011
We Do Not Want a "Judges Act for Dinosaur Judges"
2009
The Conscience of Society, the Guardians of Human Rights: Discussing the Spirit and Direction of the Draft Amendments to the Attorney Regulation Act
The Attorney Regulation Act has not undergone a comprehensive review and overhaul for 17 years. This amendment provides…
2009
A New Attorney Regulation Act in Tune with the Times—General Explanation of the Draft Amendments to the Attorney Regulation Act (NGO Version)
Following resolutions at the preparatory meeting of the Attorney System Reform Group on April 19, 2005, and the action…
2009
Limited Liability System and Compulsory Insurance: Introducing Professional Corporations for Attorneys in the Citizen-Drafted Attorney Regulation Act
Currently, the practice of law in Taiwan generally takes three forms: solo practices, partnerships, or office-sharing…
