Commentary

1235 articles
07Sep.
2006

Dealing with Unfit Judges

Hsu Li-hsin / Executive Committee Member and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

In Taiwan, judges are guaranteed lifetime tenure under the Constitution and cannot be dismissed unless subject to…

01Sep.
2006

Protecting Human Rights: The Judiciary Should Reflect

Hsu Li-hsin / Executive Committee Member of JRF, Attorney-at-Law

The China Times report on the wrongful conviction of the murderer in the Peng Shao-chin case has drawn public…

11May.
2006

Judicial Lobbying Should Be Curbed by Legislation

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Committee Member of JRF, Attorney-at-Law

According to news reports, the Liang Po-hsun and Chen Che-nan cases have drawn in suspicions of judicial lobbying, with…

25Apr.
2006

The Ethics of Court Interpreting—The Importance and Responsibilities of Court Interpreters

Cheng Chia-chieh (Associate Professor, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology), Tai Yu-chun (Master, Graduate School of Applied Foreign Languages, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology)

As stated by the U.S. court in Arizona v. Natividad, "To be violently hurled against an unfeeling object, as it were,…

25Apr.
2006

Establishing an Independent Interpreters Association

Editorial Team of the Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation, together with Awakening Foundation, Rerum Novarum Center, Hope Workers' Center, Taiwan…

25Apr.
2006

Court Interpreters: Just for Show?—Imbalanced Justice Under Linguistic Hegemony

Ch'en I-ch'ien / Standing Executive Committee Member, Taiwan Association for Human Rights / Judicial Reform Foundation

Whether teaching "Law and Society," "Gender and Law," or other legal courses, I always arrange a "Court Visit." The…

25Apr.
2006

The Function and Definition of Court Interpreters

Ch'en Chia-chieh (Associate Professor, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology) & Tai Yu-chun (Master's Graduate, Graduate Institute of Applied Foreign Languages, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology)

From a legal perspective, Taiwan currently lacks a unified certification system for professional court interpreter…

25Apr.
2006

Preparing for a New Immigrant Nation

Lin Wei-fu

Taiwan has a history of over a decade of importing large numbers of international laborers to sustain its…

25Apr.
2006

Chicken Talking to a Duck: Arguing Reason and Might—Where is the Court Interpreter Headed?

Interviewed by Lin Wei-fu / Executive Editor

Diversity without integration is a major cause of conflict among ethnic groups. So-called "Mainland brides,"…