Commentary

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08Nov.
2005

Presidential Disclosures Shatter a Decade of Judicial Reform

Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) (Board Director and Standing Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation; Attorney)

Campaigning in Taichung County, President Chen Shui-bian accused prosecutors and investigators in the Kaohsiung MRT…

03Nov.
2005

The Implementation of the "Police Power Exercise Act" ~ Moving Forward and Shedding the Notorious Image of a Police State

Attorney Huang Hsü-t'ien, Supplemented by Attorney Ku Li-hsiung

Prompted by an ordinary and seemingly unremarkable roadside spot-check case that could happen to anyone every day, the…

03Nov.
2005

Police Duty Reform—Don't Forget You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Attorney Huang Hsu-t'ien, Supplemented by Attorney Kao Yung-ch'eng

The Judicial Reform Foundation has invested heavily in criminal human rights reform. However, it ultimately found that…

03Nov.
2005

The Establishment of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Ch'en Ch'uan-yueh (Chairman of the JRF, Attorney)

The founding of the Judicial Reform Foundation traces back to the 1994 appointment of Shih Ch'i-yang as President of…

28Oct.
2005

Who Will Monitor the Judiciary?

Huang Ta-yuan (黃達元) / Executive Committee Member and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

Based on this belief, the draft version of the "Judges Act" actively promoted by the JRF hopes to implement judicial…

11Oct.
2005

Prosecutors, Judges, and Attorneys Should Be Examined and Trained Together!

Chu Chi-wen / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

Regarding the appointment of judges, the bipartisan consensus is to encourage the transition of attorneys into judges.…

29Aug.
2005

The Litigation System is the Root Cause of Unreasonable Judgments

Hsu Li-hsin (徐立信) / Working Committee Member of the JRF, Attorney-at-Law

Recently, the Taiwan High Court's civil division ruling on the heavy damages in the "glass doll" accidental death case…

15Jul.
2005

Do Judges Who Break the Law Escape the Punishment Faced by Ordinary Citizens?

Chien Tzu-chao / Executive Secretary of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Recently, newspapers reported that Chang Ping-lung (張炳龍), a judge at the Taiwan High Court, was accused of accepting…

16Jun.
2005

Tears Beneath the Bells of Death Ridge

Huang Ta-yuan (黃達元) / Working Committee Member and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

A vast number of criminal judgments still rely on police interrogation records as the basis for adjudication; it is no…