Commentary

1235 articles
26May.
2025

Sidelights | When the Law Steps into the Classroom: How the Judicial Reform Foundation Promotes Legal Education

Li Chi-wei / Department of Social Work, Chung Shan Medical University, JRF Intern

08May.
2025

Court Observation Notes | The Criminal Retrial of the Hsueh Ching-piao Case

Yang Ya-chu / Department of Law, National Chung Cheng University

Hsueh Ching-piao was previously sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment for violating the Narcotics Hazard Prevention…

08May.
2025

Court Observation Insights: A Law Student’s First Court Observation

Hsieh Yun-Yun / Department of Law, National Chung Cheng University

This was my first time attending a court hearing after starting law school. With nearly three years of legal studies…

08May.
2025

Court Observation Insights: He is not just "Defendant Hsueh Ching-piao," but an individual with a past, family, and an unfulfilled life

Lin Yu-chun / Department of Law, National Chung Cheng University

This court observation not only taught me about the trial and operational procedures of criminal litigation, but also…

29Apr.
2025

What is the Executive Yuan's Amendment to the "Chapter on Family of the Civil Code" in Response to Constitutional Interpretation No. 4 of 2023, and What is the Judicial Reform Foundation's Perspective?

Patty Teng / JRF Deputy Legal Researcher

On February 20, 2025, the Executive Yuan passed the partial amendment draft to the "Chapter on Family of the Civil…

10Apr.
2025

2024.01.01-12.31 Work and Financial Report

Judicial Reform Foundation

Founded in 1995, the Judicial Reform Foundation is Taiwan's oldest civil society judicial reform organization. We are…

08Apr.
2025

Sidelights | Seminar on "Speaking Up for Disobedience: Accompanying Defense in Social Movements and Civil Disobedience"

Chen Ting-ju / JRF Intern, Department of Law, Soochow University

Living in a democratic and free country, protests and social movements have always been ways for the public to express…

11Mar.
2025

Sidelights | Part 1 | An Extraordinary Everyday: The Vulnerable Plight of Female Migrant Workers

Huang Ch'ien-yün / Volunteer, JRF Taichung Office

This lecture focused on the judicial plight of female migrant workers in Taiwan, featuring Attorney Sung I-hsin,…

11Mar.
2025

Sidelights | Part 2 | The Not-So-Ordinary Routine: The Vulnerable Plight of Female Migrant Workers

Chang I-hung / Volunteer, Taichung Office, Taiwan Association for Human Rights (JRF Taichung Office Volunteer)

The 2023 TV series "Port of Lies" swept across Taiwan. In the show, the Indonesian caregiver Lina is borrowed by the…