Commentary

1235 articles
29Apr.
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

Ch'en Chien-kang / Chinese Lawyer

2020 marks the tenth year since attorneys T'ang Chi-t'ien and Liu Wei had their attorney licenses revoked. While many…

28Apr.
2020

The Judicial Yuan's Ten Reasons for Rejecting the Jury System Are All Wrong!

Lin Chun-hung / Standing Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation

In order to pass the draft Organic Act on the Participation of Citizens in Criminal Trials submitted to the Legislative…

28Apr.
2020

Is 6 years enough to deliver justice to participants in a social movement?

Wei Yang

The clock has passed midnight, and it is now April 28th—the day of the second-instance sentencing for the March 23…

27Apr.
2020

President of the Judicial Yuan, You Have Held Seven Dual-Track Consultations: Have You Forgotten, or Are You Afraid to Remember?

Lin Yung-sung / Chairperson, Judicial Reform Foundation

The issue that resonates most with the public regarding judicial reform is lay participation in trials. The bill…

15Apr.
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

Liu Cheng-ch'ing

April 30, 2010 marked the day lawyers T'ang Chi-t'an and Liu Wei had their licenses revoked by the Beijing Bureau of…

13Apr.
2020

Comments on the Amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Judges Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

Pursuant to the Judicial Yuan's Official Document Yuan-Tai-Ting-Szu-I-Tzu No. 1090008607 dated March 31, 2020, our…

13Apr.
2020

Comments on the Amendment to the Regulations for the Implementation of Evaluations by the Judges Evaluation Committee

Judicial Reform Foundation

In accordance with the Judicial Yuan's Official Document Yuan-Tai-Ting-Szu-I-Zi No. 1090006804 dated March 27, 2020,…

25Mar.
2020

Using the Constitutional Interpretation on the Cultivation of Cannabis as an Opportunity to Review Drug Policies

Lin Chun-ju / Attorney-at-law

Grand Justices Interpretation No. 790 was handed down on the afternoon of March 20, ruling the "crime of cultivating…

11Mar.
2020

Internship Reflection: How to Integrate the Element of "Humanity" into Our Judiciary

Ch'en Ping-yü / Department of Law, National Dong Hwa University

Ever since I applied for the internship at the JRF, I wrote in my application that I hoped to see how "human" elements…