Commentary

1235 articles
23Sep.
2000

Advancing Justice: A Policy Proposal for the Comprehensive Reform of Taiwan's Forensic Science System

Police Law Drafting Group

A comprehensive review of Taiwan’s police administration reveals considerable room for structural improvement,…

23Sep.
2000

Identification Systems in Developed Countries: Taking Germany as an Example

Police Law Research and Drafting Group

Eyewitnesses hold equally important positions in criminal justice procedures across the globe. Therefore, ensuring the…

17May.
2000

Issues Analysis of the Hsu Tzu-chiang Case

Attorneys Ch'en Chien-hung

15Aug.
1999

On the Origin of Deliberating the Codification of the Indictment-Only Principle and Its Complementary Systems, Together with the Necessity and Explanatory Notes of Proposed Provisions for Incorporating Fundamental Criminal Human Rights into the Constitution

Lin Ming-te

Our country's current Code of Criminal Procedure was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and entered into effect on July 1…

15Aug.
1999

What is Mandatory Defense During Investigation

Chan Wen-kai / Attorney-at-Law

According to Article 31, Paragraph 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for offenses carrying a minimum sentence of…

14Aug.
1999

The Significance of Incorporating Fundamental Criminal Rights into the Constitution

Kuo Li-hsiung, Attorney-at-Law

In Taiwan, I am uncertain whether the belief that "freedom and human rights are indispensable values in human society"…

15Jun.
1999

Holding Fast to the Core Principles of "Human Rights" and "The People": Three Expectations for the National Conference on Judicial Reform

Huang Wen-hsiung / President, Taiwan Association for Human Rights

Although establishing a judiciary for all that protects fundamental human rights is a fundamental approach to…

15Jun.
1999

Pao-Ch'ing-T'ien or Judges? — Mobilizing the Public for Judicial Reform: "Public Voices Series"

Chan Wen-kai / Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

Is justice equivalent to the truth? Is finding the absolute truth the same as finding justice? Although "discovering…

15Jun.
1999

Lawyers Must Not Be Absent from Reform—National Mobilization for Judicial Reform "Voices for All Series"

Huang Hsü-t'ien / Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-at-Law

In recent years, judicial trial procedures have been delayed, the quality of judgments has been uneven, and rumors of…