Commentary
2017
Preliminary Thoughts on Evaluation Research for the "Expanded Addiction Treatment" Policy
Regarding the Executive Yuan's planned "expanded addiction treatment" policy, the author previously published two…
2017
Effectiveness Evaluation of the "Expanded Addiction Treatment" Policy Should Compare Existing Dispositions
Following the conclusions of the National Conference on Judicial Reform, the Executive Yuan is planning the "Expanded…
2017
Self-Directed Out-of-Prison Work: A Reform Teetering on the Brink of Extinction?
Why is social reintegration a human right, and why must it be one? Because it is a manifestation of the human…
2017
Effectiveness Evaluation of the "Expanded Addiction Treatment Program" Must Be Conducted Immediately
Drug offenses and driving under the influence (DUI) have consistently ranked as the top two crime types in Taiwan over…
2017
Grand Justices' Declarations of Unconstitutionality: Are the Courts Always Protecting Bad People?
On December 1, 2017, the Judicial Yuan rather unusually issued two Judicial Interpretations on the same day, declaring…
2017
Pilot Both Jury Trial and Lay Assessor Systems to Let Citizens Truly Judge
The Judicial Yuan recently released the draft of the Act on Criminal Trials with Citizen Participation, adopting a "lay…
2017
The Supreme Administrative Court Reviews Its Own Recusal Motions
Believing that Supreme Administrative Court judges had participated in previous trials and might be biased, a citizen…
2017
The Lo Ming-ts'un Case: A Miscarriage of Justice Tossed Around Like a Ping-Pong Ball
Lo Ming-ts'un is the former head of the Criminal Investigation Division at the New Taipei City Police Department's…
2017
Controversial Judge Elected, Tarnishing the Judges Evaluation System
Recently, the results of the ballot for judge representatives to the Judges Evaluation Commission were released.…
