Commentary

2020
The Road Beneath Our Feet, Where Does It Lead? Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Revocation of Attorneys T'ang Chi-t'ien's and Liu Wei's Licenses
2020 marks the tenth year since attorneys T'ang Chi-t'ien and Liu Wei had their attorney licenses revoked. While many…

2020
The Judicial Yuan's Ten Reasons for Rejecting the Jury System Are All Wrong!
In order to pass the draft Organic Act on the Participation of Citizens in Criminal Trials submitted to the Legislative…

2020
Is 6 years enough to deliver justice to participants in a social movement?
The clock has passed midnight, and it is now April 28th—the day of the second-instance sentencing for the March 23…
2020
President of the Judicial Yuan, You Have Held Seven Dual-Track Consultations: Have You Forgotten, or Are You Afraid to Remember?
The issue that resonates most with the public regarding judicial reform is lay participation in trials. The bill…

2020
Liu Cheng-ch'ing: Elegy for a Hollow Tree—Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Revocation of T'ang Chi-t'an's and Liu Wei's Licenses
April 30, 2010 marked the day lawyers T'ang Chi-t'an and Liu Wei had their licenses revoked by the Beijing Bureau of…

2020
Comments on the Amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Judges Act
Pursuant to the Judicial Yuan's Official Document Yuan-Tai-Ting-Szu-I-Tzu No. 1090008607 dated March 31, 2020, our…

2020
Comments on the Amendment to the Regulations for the Implementation of Evaluations by the Judges Evaluation Committee
In accordance with the Judicial Yuan's Official Document Yuan-Tai-Ting-Szu-I-Zi No. 1090006804 dated March 27, 2020,…

2020
Using the Constitutional Interpretation on the Cultivation of Cannabis as an Opportunity to Review Drug Policies
Grand Justices Interpretation No. 790 was handed down on the afternoon of March 20, ruling the "crime of cultivating…

2020
Internship Reflection: How to Integrate the Element of "Humanity" into Our Judiciary
Ever since I applied for the internship at the JRF, I wrote in my application that I hoped to see how "human" elements…
